警けい官かん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

police officer; policeman; constable

General term for a uniformed police officer. Slightly less formal than 警察官 (けいさつかん), which is the official legal term.

See also: 警察官 (けいさつかん)

交こう差さ点てんで警けい官かんが交こう通つう整せい理りをしていた。
A police officer was directing traffic at the intersection.
彼かれは将しょう来らい、警けい官かんになりたいと思おもっている。
He wants to become a police officer in the future.

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Usage patterns

警けい官かんが〈人ひと〉を逮たい捕ほするa police officer arrests someone
警けい官かんが泥どろ棒ぼうを逮たい捕ほした。
The police officer arrested the thief.
警けい官かんに呼よび止とめられるto be stopped by a police officer
夜よる遅おそく歩あるいていたら警けい官かんに呼よび止とめられた。
I was stopped by a police officer while walking late at night.
警けい官かんが巡じゅん回かいするa police officer patrols (an area)
この地ち区くは警けい官かんが定てい期き的てきに巡じゅん回かいしている。
Police officers regularly patrol this neighborhood.

Kanji

警admonish, commandment
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

警けい察さつ官かんN5
警察官 is the formal, official legal term for a police officer, while 警官 is the more common word used in everyday speech and news.
おまわりさんN5
お巡りさん is a friendly, colloquial way to refer to a police officer, often used by children, whereas 警官 is neutral and used in general contexts.
警けい察さつN4
警官 is a common, slightly formal word for a police officer, while 警察 in this sense is a casual shortening of 警察官.
ポリ
警官 is a neutral, everyday word for an individual police officer, while ポリ carries a dismissive or mocking tone.

Counted with

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Word family· 7

警けい官かん隊たい
police squad; police force
婦ふ人じん警けい官かん
policewoman
武ぶ装そう警けい官かん
armed police officer
汚お職しょく警けい官かん
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
私し服ふく警けい官かん
plainclothes police officer

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騎き馬ば警けい官かん
mounted police officer
サイバー警けい官かん
cybercop

Etymology

Compound of 警 (けい, 'warn, admonish') and 官 (かん, 'government official'). The kanji combination straightforwardly denotes an official who maintains public order.