How to say "parking" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 駐車ちゅうしゃnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe act of parking a car or other vehicle. This is the ordinary word for parking itself, as in notices about where parking is prohibited or allowed, and in everyday speech about parking a car.
- nounA loanword for parking, typically seen in signage and names for parking lots or parking areas. It names the facility or service rather than the act, so it is less natural for talking about parking a car.
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA short loanword also glossed simply as parking, familiar chiefly from signs and commercial facility names such as parking areas. For the everyday act or topic of parking, it is seldom the word you want.
Use 駐車 for the act of parking a vehicle, while 「パーキング」 and 「パーク」 are loanword labels found mainly on signs and facility names such as parking lots and areas.
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