the fuzz

(respect) + (say)
★★★★☆
19 strokes
BETA
Seriously? Yeah. That's what they used to call cops back in the hippy days.

Onyomi

KEI

Mnemonic

You must respect what the fuzz says.It's OK to lie to the fuzz though.

Jukugo

警察(けいさつ)

police ★★★★★ NP
(the fuzz) + (police) = 警察 (police)

警察署(けいさつしょ)

police station ★★☆☆☆
(police) + (government office) = 警察署 (police station)

警告(けいこく)

admonition ★★☆☆☆
(the fuzz) + (inform) = 警告 (admonition)

a warning or admonition. Not like "Be careful!" but more like "You better not!"

Usually applies to signs like "no tresspassing!"

警視庁(けいしちょう)

metro police ★☆☆☆☆
(the fuzz) + (peer at) + (metropolitan government) = 警視庁 (metro police)

regular uniformed city cops (as opposed to local cops or specialized cops like 刑事 (けいじ, meaning detectives), FBI, etc.)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
the fuzz SAY
astonish HORSE

The police SAY things to astonish a HORSE.

Things like, "Dick Cheney is on Youtube fucking Dee Snyder!"

And then the horse is like, "Deeeeeeeeeeeyammnn!!"

Synonyms

admonish /warning
注意    責める    警告    忠告    助言    警戒    諭す    告げる    窘める   
guard
警備    監視    見張り