koban
Collocations
2VERB + KOBAN
offer, say
KOBAN + NOUN
evening, expenses
Definitions
noun
An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night.
“Shall we say two koban for this evening—a measure of my desire to please a Lady of such merit?”
noun
A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.
Personnel of kobans change each shift; they report for duty at a police station and fan out to the kobans.
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5Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night.
Wiktionary“Shall we say two koban for this evening—a measure of my desire to please a Lady of such merit?”
WiktionaryIt contained, as usual, nothing but an invitation to come to Edo to confer on matters respecting which it did not enter into any particulars, with an offer of three koban for the expenses of the journ
WiktionaryPersonnel of kobans change each shift; they report for duty at a police station and fan out to the kobans.
WiktionaryOne of the enemy's goals is capturing the city of Kobanî.
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