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お巡りさん

御巡りさん

Reading

Kana: おまわりさん
Romaji: omawarisan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

police officer

Note: familiar language
See also: 巡査

Kanji

Readings: ジュン、 めぐ.る、 めぐ.り
Meanings: patrol, go around, circumference
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentences

そのおまわりさんは勤務中(きんむちゅう)です。
➥The policeman is on duty.
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(みち)(まよ)ったらお(まわ)りさんに(たず)ねなさい。
➥If you lose your way, ask a policeman.
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(まわ)りさん、この事故(じこ)(わたし)とは関係(かんけい)ありませんよ。
➥This accident has nothing to do with me, officer.
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おまわりさんに(みち)(たず)ねなさい。
➥Ask the policeman the way.
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すみません、おまわりさん。ここはどこですか。
➥Excuse me, officer, where are we now?
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そのおまわりさんは、その()で、その(おとこ)逮捕(たいほ)した。
➥The policeman arrested the man on the spot.
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