車庫(しゃこ)

しゃこ
noun
garage, car shed
buildingtransportation
1. garage, carport
A building or structure for storing cars.
車庫(しゃこ)に車(くるま)がある。
There's a car in the garage.
車(くるま)を車庫(しゃこ)に入(い)れた。
I put the car in the garage.
A garage certificate is required.
車庫証明 is a document proving you have a parking space, required for car registration in Japan.
The new house comes with a spacious garage.
I'm not good at parking in the garage, so I'm practicing driving.
車庫入れ specifically refers to backing into a garage or parking space.
2. train depot, car shed
A facility where trains or buses are stored and maintained.
The train enters the depot.
To undergo inspection at the depot.
After the last train, the trains return to the depot.
This depot manages a hundred buses.
Plans are underway to replace the old depot with a new facility.

Common collocations

  • 車庫(しゃこ)に入(い)れる: to put (a car) in the garage
  • 車庫入(しゃこい)れ: parking in a garage or space, usually by reversing in
  • 車庫(しゃこ)証明(しょうめい): proof of a parking space

Cultural note

In most of Japan a car cannot be registered without 車庫(しゃこ)証明(しょうめい), a police certificate that the owner has an off-street parking space.

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