How to say "park" in Japanese

• パークCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword for the noun 'park', covering public parks and amusement parks. Use it when speaking of a park as a place in the English sense.
  我々われわれはその夜よる、ロードサイドパークで寝ねた。↗

  We bedded down at the roadside park for the night.
• 園えんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun (suffix)As えん, this reading of 園 appears within larger words and in park names rather than standing alone; its senses run from garden and orchard to park and plantation.
  彼かれらは私の果実かじつ園えんを荒あらした。↗

  They robbed my orchard.
• 庭園ていえんCommon
  nounMeans a designed, landscaped garden, and its 'park' sense is for such garden-like grounds. For an ordinary public park, this is not the usual word.
  この門もんから庭園ていえんに入いれます。↗

  The gate admits to the garden.
• 園そのJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe native reading of 園, used as an independent word. It really means a garden or orchard; for a public park it is seldom the word you want.
• 止めるとめるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb sense of 'park', as in parking a car. Use it for the action of leaving a vehicle somewhere, not for the place itself.
  ここに車くるまを停とめるのは違法いほうです。↗

  It's illegal to park your car here.

For the noun, 「パーク」 covers public and amusement parks, while 園, 庭園 and 園（その） lean toward the garden side; for the verb sense of parking a vehicle, use 「止める」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• パークpark (public, amusement, etc.)
• 園えんgarden
• 庭園ていえんgarden
• 園そのgarden
• 遊園ゆうえんplayground (for children)
• 園地えんちpark
• パルコpark
• 駐めるとめるto park
• 園生えんせいgarden (esp. with trees)
• 私領しりょうprivate land
• 植物公園しょくぶつこうえんbotanical garden
• 公園こうえん(public) park
• 止めるとめるto park