"おまわりさん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: o-mawari-san [romanization]
Etymology: お (honorific prefix) + 巡り (“going around”) + さん (honorific suffix) Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|お|pos1=honorific prefix|sort=おまわりさん}} お (honorific prefix) +, {{m|ja|巡り||going around}} 巡り (“going around”), {{suffix|ja||さん|pos2=honorific suffix|sort=おまわりさん}} + さん (honorific suffix) Head templates: {{ja-noun|お-まわり-さん}} おまわりさん • (o-mawari-san)
  1. (informal, friendly) a policeman, a policewoman, a police officer Tags: informal Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: 警察官

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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