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Etymology edit

From English patrol.

Noun edit

パトロール (patorōru

  1. the rounds of a guard or police officer, a patrol, an act of patrolling, an inspection

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Verb edit

パトロールする (patorōru surutransitive or intransitive suru (stem パトロール (patorōrusuru shi), past パトロールした (patorōrusuru shita))

  1. to patrol (an area), to guard (a place)
    • 1983, Takashina Ryoko, Shōryō no Mori[1], page 190:
      (せい)()(ぐん)がなぜああ(ねん)()りにパトロールするかおしえましょうか
      Seifugun ga naze ā nen iri ni patorōru suru ka oshiemashō ka
      Shall I tell you why the government forces patrol so carefully?
    • 1995, Kihara Buichi, Kodoku no Kenkyū[2]:
      ドイツ(さん)(おお)きなシェパードをつれたガードマンが(おく)(じょう)パトロールするという(ねん)()れようである。
      Doitsu san no ōkina shepādo o tsureta gādoman ga okujō o patorōru suru to iu nen no ireyō dearu.
      Bear in mind that a guard accompanied by a big German shepherd patrols the rooftop.

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