駐在所(ちゅうざいしょ)

ちゅうざいしょ
noun
police substation; residential police box
building
1. police substation; residential police box
A small police post in a rural or suburban area where a single officer lives on the premises, often with family, and looks after the local community.
村(むら)に駐在所(ちゅうざいしょ)が一(ひと)つある。
There is one police substation in the village.
駐在所(ちゅうざいしょ)の巡査(じゅんさ)に道(みち)を聞(き)いた。
I asked the officer at the police substation for directions.
この地域(ちいき)では交番(こうばん)ではなく駐在所(ちゅうざいしょ)が住民(じゅうみん)の安全(あんぜん)を守(まも)っている。
In this area, it's a residential police substation rather than a police box that protects the residents' safety.

駐在(ちゅうざい) (being stationed) + 所(しょ) (place). Locals call the officer 駐在(ちゅうざい)さん, a familiar figure in rural life and in countryside mysteries and dramas.

Similar words

  • 交番(こうばん): police box; in towns and cities, staffed by officers working shifts who do not live there

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Related Words

Compare: 交番(こうばん) (police box)
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Added 2026.3.24 22:56 · Revised 2026.10.8 9:43
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