警けい視し庁ちょう

け

い

し

ちょ

う

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department; Metropolitan Police Department

Proper noun for the police organization responsible for Tokyo. In news English it is often rendered as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department or simply the Metropolitan Police Department.

警けい視し庁ちょうは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを逮たい捕ほしたと発はっ表ぴょうした。
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced that it had arrested the suspect.
事じ件けんは警けい視し庁ちょうが捜そう査さしている。
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case.

See all 19 example sentences ›

Kanji

警admonish, commandment
視inspection, regard as, see
庁government office

Related words

警けい察さつN4
警察 is the general word for police, whereas 警視庁 is the specific name of Tokyo's police organization.
府ふ警けい
府警 covers Osaka or Kyoto's police, whereas 警視庁 is the distinct name for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Don't confuse with

警けい察さつ庁ちょう
警視庁 is the police organization for Tokyo specifically, while 警察庁 is the National Police Agency overseeing policing nationwide.

Built from

警けい視し+庁ちょう

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound used as an institution name: 警視 refers to police supervision or a senior police rank, and 庁 means an agency or government office. This is a practical component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.