Keyword
to police (something)
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig358
Readings
けい
(99%)
Composed of
respect
say
Used in vocabulary (206 in total)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
police; police officer; police station
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
warning; advice
police officer; policeman; policewoman
police officer; policeman; constable
bodyguard; escort
guard; security (officer); guardsman
alarm; warning
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
police inspector
guard (soldier)
garrison; guards
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
alert status; emergency alert
assistant inspector
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
security firm; security company
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
National Police Agency
(squad of) police; police force
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
prefectural police
police superintendent
sense of caution; wariness
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
advisory level; warning level
city police; municipal police
police identification card
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
night watchman
policewoman
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
border patrol; border guard; border guards
police officer
policing (an area, etc.) by oneself; protecting by oneself; cautioning oneself; taking care; local government police; municipal police
senior superintendent; police inspector
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning
guard; patrol; escort
preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning
China Coast Guard; maritime security; coast guard
vigilante; member of a vigilante group
law enforcement authority; police authorities; the police
police force; police squad
warning line; police cordon
police affairs; military police
prefectural police
Kyoto Prefectural Police
guarding; guard
hazard area (flood, tsunami, etc.); danger zone; no man's land
plainclothes police officer
special precautions; special vigilance
increased or beefed up security
police affairs department; police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.
warning color; warning colour
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home
military police
military police brigade (land army)
without warning or notice
superintendent supervisor; assistant commissioner (UK, Aus. etc.)
police surgeon; police medical officer
Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)
fire warning; fire alert
warning signal; restricted speed signal
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
state police; provincial police
warning letter (e.g. of infringement); written warning
airborne early-warning system; AWACS
aposematic coloration (colouration)
police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
civil defense unit (Japan, 1939-1947); voluntary guards
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
witty; original
scintillating; extraordinarily excellent
federal police (US, Brazil, Australia, etc.)
railway police; railroad police
chief superintendent (police)
(the state of) anarchy
prefectural police
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
special precautions; heightened vigilance
mounted police officer
guard; security (officer); guardsman
to make a witty remark; to come out with a bon mot
military police; MP
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
official warning (esp. of an impending earthquake)
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)
security police; peace preservation police
warning (to society)
national rural police (1947-1954)
nationwide instantaneous alert system; J-Alert system; Japan's satellite-based disaster warning system
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
guard; signalman; attendant
prefectural police headquarters
national rural police (1947-1954)
local government police; municipal police
police violence; police brutality
advance warning; trigger warning
car horn; alarm
alert dialog (dialogue); alert dialog box; warning dialog; warning dialog box
warning gun; alarm gun
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
Emergency Warning System (radio and TV broadcasts); EWS; emergency warning broadcast
alarm; emergency; sudden contingency; alert
match where the umpire disqualifies the coach and one player after the player has done something dangerous (such as hit by pitch; to prevent retaliation by the opposing team)
policing (a train)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
heaven-sent warning
police certification; police clearance
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter)
military police brigade (air force)
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
smoke detector; smoke alarm
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Shared Early Warning; SEW; radar and satellite-based system for detecting missile, etc. attacks; early warning information on extreme weather
false alarm; accidental alarm
federal police (US, Brazil, Australia, etc.)
self-appointed enforcer of business closure and stay-at-home requests during the COVID-19 pandemic; pandemic police; virus vigilante
Examples (200 in total)
"Are you sure you want to call the police?" I asked her.
"Has anybody called the police?" "I have."
We must contact the police at once.