新選組, 新撰組: Shinsengumi (special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period)

(historical) a special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period

Alternative spelling of 新選組 (Shinsengumi): a special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period

the Special Higher Police; the secret police of pre-1945 Shōwa-era Japan

the final years of the Edo era

to cross one's arms

crossing one's arms

Short for 警察署 (keisatsusho, “police station”). / police

special

organization (a group of people with a purpose) / system (a group of people) / (biology) tissue (a group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job)