パトカー
ぱとかー
noun
police car
1.
police car, patrol car
A vehicle used by police for patrol and emergency response, typically marked with distinctive colors and equipped with sirens and emergency lights.
パトカー is a shortened form of パトロールカー (patrol car). A very common word in everyday Japanese.
ETYMOLOGY:
From English "patrol car," abbreviated in typical Japanese fashion by shortening the loanword.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- パトカーが来る: a police car arrives
- パトカーに止められる: to be stopped by a police car
- パトカーに追いかけられる: to be chased by a police car
- 覆面パトカー: unmarked police car
CULTURAL NOTE:
Japanese police cars are distinctively black and white. 覆面パトカー (literally 'masked patrol car') refers to unmarked vehicles used for traffic enforcement.
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