警けい察さつ

noun

police

The police as an organization or institution.

• 警けい察さつに通つう報ほうしてください。

  Please report it to the police.

• 彼かれは警けい察さつに捕つかまった。

  He was caught by the police.

noun

police officer

Abbreviation of 警察官; refers to an individual officer. Common in casual speech.

See also: 警察官

• あそこに警けい察さつが二人ふたり立たっている。

  Two police officers are standing over there.

noun

police station

Abbreviation of 警察署; refers to the building or local branch. Used in everyday conversation.

See also: 警察署

• 落おとし物ものを警けい察さつに届とどけた。

  I turned in the lost item at the police station.

noun, used as a suffix

self-appointed enforcer; busybody; vigilante; gatekeeper

Colloquial suffix use; attaches to a noun to describe someone who polices or enforces rules in that domain, often with a negative or humorous tone.

• 彼かれはマナー警けい察さつみたいにいつも人ひとの行こう動どうをチェックしている。

  He's always checking people's behavior like a manners police.

• ネットの言こと葉ば遣づかいにうるさい人ひとがいて、まるで日本にほん語ご警けい察さつだ。

  There's someone who's strict about online language, like a Japanese language police.