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交番 (こうばん): police box — Japanese vocabulary

交番 is read こうばん and means "police box". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

交番

Reading
こうばん · kouban
Translation
police box
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
こうばんが

Example

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.

Kanji in this word

  • 交 — cross, exchange
  • 番 — number, turn

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