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交番

こうばん

noun

Meanings

1police box
2koban
3small neighborhood police station
4alternation
5alternating (current, stress, etc.)

Example sentence

交番で道を聞きました。

こうばんでみちをききました。

I asked for directions at the police box.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

交Mingle, Mixing, Association6 strokes 番Turn, Number In A Series12 strokes

More words with 交

交換こうかん · exchangeN3 交通こうつう · trafficN4 外交がいこう · diplomacyN3 交渉こうしょう · negotiationN1 交流こうりゅう · exchange

Full entry on Jisho

N2

交代こうたい · change

国交こっこう · diplomatic relationsN1

交付こうふ · deliveringN1

More words with 番

番組ばんぐみ · broadcast programN4 一番いちばん · best (most)N5 番号ばんごう · numberN5 本番ほんばん · performance (as opposed to practice)順番じゅんばん · turn (in line)N3 留守番るすばん · care-takingN2 番手ばんて · (yarn) count 二番にばん · second

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