番ばん屋や

noun

sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge

A small building or post where a guard or watchman is stationed. Can refer to modern security booths or historical guard posts.

• 工こう事じ現げん場ばの入いり口ぐちに番ばん屋やが置おかれている。

  A guardhouse is placed at the entrance of the construction site.

• 漁ぎょ港こうの番ばん屋やで夜よ通どおし見み張はりをした。

  We kept watch all night in the guard lodge at the fishing port.

noun

Edo-period police box

Historical term for a neighborhood watch post or police box during the Edo period. Often associated with the 自身番 (jishinban) system.

See also: 自身番

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、町まちの番ばん屋やは自じ身しん番ばんとも呼よばれていた。

  In the Edo period, the town police box was also called a jishinban.