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- noun Plural form of
koban .
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Examples
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Consisting of Kandinsky-esque sprays of arrows and geometric shapes, these maps confound even the Japanese — witness the confused, map-clutching people constantly outside the kobans, or police kiosks, in every urban neighborhood.
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Consisting of Kandinsky-esque sprays of arrows and geometric shapes, these maps confound even the Japanese — witness the confused, map-clutching people constantly outside the kobans, or police kiosks, in every urban neighborhood.
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Consisting of Kandinsky-esque sprays of arrows and geometric shapes, these maps confound even the Japanese — witness the confused, map-clutching people constantly outside the kobans, or police kiosks, in every urban neighborhood.
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Police are posted at ubiquitous kobans, police boxes manned by one or two officers, and in cities there's almost always a koban within walking distance of another koban.
Slate Magazine Christopher Beam 2011
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The "KidCare" booklet now includes local emergency phone numbers of the Guam police precincts and kobans and medical facilities, among other information.
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