Definition of おまわり

おまわりomawari

noun:

  • policeman; cop - esp. お巡り お巡りさん
  • walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
  • rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
  • vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism おかず女房言葉

Example Sentences

お巡りomawarigaやってきたyattekitazo
Here comes a copper!

© Based on JMdict, KANJIDIC2, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. Example sentences from the Tatoeba project (CC BY 2.0). Kanji stroke order data from the KanjiVG project by Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). See comprehensive list of data sources for more info.