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警官ｖｓ警察

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stevesayskanpai: Been Around a Bit; Posts: 44; Joined: October 29th, 2008 1:29 am

警官ｖｓ警察

Postby stevesayskanpai » July 7th, 2010 8:59 am

Hi,

Whats the nuance / difference between these two words?

Javizy: Expert on Something; Posts: 1165; Joined: February 10th, 2007 2:41 pm

Postby Javizy » July 8th, 2010 12:55 pm

警官 (I believe it's short for 警察官) = policeman, 警察 = the police. Any J-E dictionary will tell you this. This dictionary has simple J-J definitions if you need extra help http://www.sanseido.net/

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