1. Noun

   1.

   police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

2. 2.

   alternation

3. Noun or verb acting prenominally

   3.

   alternating (current, stress, etc.)

Example sentences

• 交番の周りに人がたくさんいた。

  I saw a number of people around the police box.

• 向こうの交番で聞いてください。

  Ask at the police box over there.