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刑事 (けいじ): criminal case, (police) detective — Japanese vocabulary

刑事 is read けいじ and means "criminal case, (police) detective". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

刑事

Reading
けいじ · keiji
Translation
criminal case, (police) detective
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
けいじが

Example

その泥棒は刑事を見ると走って逃げた。

そのどろぼうはけいじをみるとはしってにげた。

The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.

Kanji in this word

  • 刑 — penalty, punishment
  • 事 — matter, thing

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