お巡りさん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
巡
まわ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

御巡さん

Etymology

お (“honorific prefix”) +‎ 巡り (“going around”) +‎ さん (“honorific suffix”)

Noun

お巡りさん (hiragana おまわりさん, rōmaji omawarisan)

(informal, friendly) a policeman, a policewoman

Synonyms

警 (けい)官 (かん) (keikan)
警察官 (けいさつかん) (keisatsukan)

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