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koban¹

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Borrowed from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

noun koban · kobans · cobang · coebang · kobang

  1. 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.

koban²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 交番(こうばん) (kōban).

noun koban · kobans

  1. 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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"koban." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/koban. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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koban. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/koban

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"koban." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/koban.

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@misc{koban_2026,
  title = {koban},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/koban},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}