交番 | Japanese meaning

交番【こうばん】

Frequency rank: 42,321. – 43,060.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

alternation

noun or verb acting prenominally

alternating (current, stress, etc.)physics

Forms

交番【こうばん】Frequency rank: 42,321. – 43,060.
こうばん

Generated definitions (experimental)

police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

The word "交番" refers to a small police station typically found in neighborhoods in Japan. It is a place where local residents can go to report crimes, ask for help, or seek information from police officers.

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I feel relieved because there is a police box around here.

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You should go to the police box and talk to the officer.

alternation

The word "交番" can also mean alternation, referring to a change or rotation between different elements or states.

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Two people share what they want to eat alternately at a police box.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to go to the police boxto consult at the police boxto visit the police boxnearby police boxto set up a police boxofficer at the police boxto report an incident at the police boxduty at a police boxto pass by the police boxpolice officer at the police box

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)