How to say "garrison" in Japanese

• 衛兵えいへいCommon
  nounRefers to a guard or sentinel — the soldiers themselves, not the place or the act. Use it when 'garrison' means the troops kept to guard a fortress, palace, or town.
• 駐留ちゅうりゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun (often taking する) for the stationing of troops in a place, e.g. foreign forces stationed in a country. For 'garrison' in this verbal or stationing sense, 駐留 is the word you want.

For 'garrison' as a noun referring to soldiers guarding a place, use 衛兵; for the act of stationing troops or forces stationed somewhere, use 駐留.

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• 衛兵えいへいguard
• 駐留ちゅうりゅうstationing (e.g. of troops)
• 鎮台ちんだいgarrison (in Meiji era)
• 駐屯地ちゅうとんちgarrison
• 守備隊しゅびたいgarrison
• 警備隊けいびたいgarrison
• 戍卒じゅそつgarrison
• 衛戍えいじゅgarrison
• 駐屯軍ちゅうとんぐんgarrison