１１０ひゃくとお番ばん

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１１０番する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

110 (police emergency number in Japan)

Refers specifically to the police emergency telephone number in Japan, equivalent to 911 in the US.

call 110; call the police

Used as a suru-verb meaning to dial the police emergency number. Intransitive.

〈事こと〉を１１０ひゃくとお番ばんするto call 110 to report something
泥どろ棒ぼうを見みつけたので１１０番ばんした。
I found a burglar, so I called 110.
１１０ひゃくとお番ばんに電でん話わするto phone the 110 emergency line
事じ故こを目もく撃げきして１１０番ばんに電でん話わした。
I witnessed an accident and phoned 110.
間ま違ちがえて１１０ひゃくとお番ばんするto accidentally dial 110
子こ供どもが間ま違ちがえて１１０番ばんしてしまった。
The child accidentally called 110.

通つう報ほうN1sense 2
１１０番 specifically means calling 110 to reach the police, while 通報 is the broader word for reporting an incident to any authority.

１１９ひゃくじゅうきゅう番ばん sense 1
１１０番 is the number to call the police, while １１９番 is the number to call for fire or ambulance services.

１１０ひゃくとお番ばん
Standard modern spelling using Arabic numerals. The most common written form.
一一〇番ひゃくとおばん
Kanji numeral spelling; rarely used in practice.
百ひゃく十とお番ばん
Full kanji spelling; very rare and mostly historical or formal.

From the police emergency telephone number 110, read as ひゃくとおばん.