日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
警

N3

Meaningsadmonish, commandment
On'yomiケイ
Kun'yomiいまし
Strokes19
Radical言

Compounds

  • police officer, policeman, constable

  • bodyguard, escort

  • warning, caution, admonition, keikoku (penalty in judo)

  • police, police officer, police station, self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.)

  • police officer, policeman, policewoman

  • police station

  • National Police Agency, NPA

  • police superintendent

  • Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

  • defense, defence, guard, policing

  • police inspector

  • warning, alarm, alert

Example sentences

  • The police will get you to find the bullets.

  • Call the police!

  • You can't be too vigilant.

  • The cops are keeping tabs on him.

  • The police brawled with the demonstrators.

  • What does destroying evidence get you? The usual thing would be to contact the police, wouldn't it?

  • If I drop out of contact, let the police know, OK?

  • Guards are stationed 'round the clock at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.