交番

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交番 (kōban): a small community police office.
Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
ばん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(ばん) (kōban

  1. a small community police office or police box
  2. alternation, alternating (e.g. current)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN