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    3. 警察

    警察

    警けい察さつ

    police

    N4KMT3News #1+1CorePolitics & LawKanji Vocab33 strokes

    けいさつ

    Noun

    1.
    police
    2.
    police officer
    abbreviation
    3.
    police station
    abbreviation

    Noun, Suffix

    4.
    self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.), busybody, vigilante, gatekeeper
    colloquial

    Stroke 0 / 33

    Speed1.0x

    警けい察さつに電でん話わしました。

    I called the police.

    KMT3Politics & LawDaily Life
    警けい察さつ官かんが交こう通つう整せい理りをしています。

    A police officer is directing traffic.

    KMT3Politics & LawDaily Life
    警けい察さつは犯はん罪ざいの捜そう査さと市し民みんの安あん全ぜん確かく保ほに努つとめています。

    The police are working to investigate crimes and ensure public safety.

    KMT4Politics & LawDaily Life
    警けい察さつは、法ほう律りつに基もとづいて秩ちつ序じょを維い持じする役やく割わりを担になっています。

    The police play a role in maintaining order based on the law.

    KMT4Politics & Law
    地ち域いき住じゅう民みんと警けい察さつが協きょう力りょくして防ぼう犯はん活かつ動どうを行おこなっています。

    Local residents and the police are cooperating in crime prevention activities.

    KMT5Politics & LawDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    警
    いまし.める…(1)
    admonish・commandment
    察
    guess・presume・surmise・judge・understand
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