How to say "checkpoint" in Japanese

• 関門かんもんCommon
  nounCovers a checkpoint in the sense of a gate or barrier that people must pass through; it is often used figuratively for a hurdle to clear, and is seldom the word for a police checkpoint.
  これ以上いじょうここでもたついてると、後うしろの第だい二に関門かんもんからも増援ぞうえんが来きて、挟撃きょうげきされるかも知しれねーんだぜ。↗

  If we hang around here any longer, there could be reinforcements coming from the second gate to take us in a pincer movement!
• 検問けんもんCommon
  noun, suru verbThe word for a checkpoint in the physical sense: a place where police or security stop and screen people or vehicles, emphasizing the inspection itself.
  警官けいかんは車くるまを１台だい１台だい検問けんもんした。↗

  The police checked up on each car.

Choose 検問 for a checkpoint where police or security screen people or vehicles; 関門 is a gate or barrier that must be passed, often figuratively a hurdle, and is seldom the word for a police checkpoint.

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• 関門かんもんbarrier
• 関所せきしょbarrier
• 検問所けんもんじょcheck station
• 通過点つうかてんwaypoint (e.g. with a GPS)
• 検問けんもんcheckpoint
• チェックポイントcheckpoint
• 大木戸おおきどcheckpoint (Edo period)