警察犬(けいさつけん)

けいさつけん
noun
police dog
1. police dog; K-9
A dog trained to work with police — for tracking suspects or missing people, detecting drugs and explosives, and other operational duties.
警察犬(けいさつけん)が出動(しゅつどう)した。
A police dog was deployed.
警察犬(けいさつけん)が犯人(はんにん)の臭(にお)いを追(お)っている。
The police dog is following the suspect's scent.
山(やま)で遭難(そうなん)した登山者(とざんしゃ)を、警察犬(けいさつけん)が無事(ぶじ)に発見(はっけん)した。
The police dog safely located the hiker who had gone missing on the mountain.

Compound of 警察(けいさつ) (police) + 犬(けん) (dog, on'yomi). Common breeds used in Japan include German shepherds and Labrador retrievers.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 警察犬(けいさつけん)を出動(しゅつどう)させる: to deploy a police dog
  • 警察犬(けいさつけん)が臭(にお)いを追(お)う: for a police dog to follow a scent
  • 警察犬(けいさつけん)の訓練(くんれん): police-dog training

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 盲導犬(もうどうけん): guide dog (for the blind)
  • 麻薬(まやく)探知(たんち)犬(けん): drug-detection dog — a more specialized term for one role of 警察犬(けいさつけん)
  • 救助(きゅうじょ)犬(けん): rescue dog — searches for survivors after disasters, often working alongside police
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