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警察手帳 (けいさつてちょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

警けい察さつ手て帳ちょう

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Meanings

1

police identification card

Official identification card carried by Japanese police officers, often shown when identifying themselves.

警けい察さつ官かんは職しょく務む質しつ問もんの際さい、警けい察さつ手て帳ちょうを提

てい

示じ

し

た

。

The police officer presented their police identification card during the stop and questioning.

Kanji

警admonish, commandment
察guess, presume, surmise
手hand
帳notebook, account book, album

Built from

警けい察さつ+手て帳ちょう

Etymology

Compound of 警察 (police) and 手帳 (notebook, pocketbook), referring to the official identification booklet carried by police officers.