警けい察さつ署しょ

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Meanings

Refers to a local police station building or office. More formal than 交番 (kōban, police box).

〈人ひと〉が警けい察さつ署しょに行いくto go to a police station
落おとした財さい布ふを探さがしに警けい察さつ署しょに行いった。
I went to the police station to look for my lost wallet.
〈物もの〉を警けい察さつ署しょに届とどけるto hand something in / report something at a police station
道みちで拾ひろった鍵かぎを警けい察さつ署しょに届とどけた。
I turned in a key I found on the street at the police station.
警けい察さつ署しょで取とり調しらべを受うけるto be questioned at a police station
彼かれは警けい察さつ署しょで数すう時じ間かん取とり調しらべを受うけた。
He was questioned at the police station for several hours.

交こう番ばんN5
交番 is a small neighborhood police box staffed by a few officers, while 警察署 is a larger, full-service police station.

警けい察さつplainN4
警察署 is the formal term for a police station, while 警察 used this way is a casual abbreviation of it.

警けい察さつN4
警察 refers to the police force or organization as a whole, whereas 警察署 is the specific building where officers work.
派は出しゅつ所じょN1
派出所 (like 交番) is a tiny neighborhood police box with a few officers, whereas 警察署 is a full-sized police station with jurisdiction over a wider area.
消しょう防ぼう署しょN2
警察署 is a police station, whereas 消防署 is a fire station, so the two are easy to mix up because both end in 署.

Compound of 警察 (keisatsu, 'police') + 署 (sho, 'office' or 'station').