(りったいちゅうしゃじょう)

りったいちゅうしゃじょう
noun
multi-story parking garage
transportationbuilding
1. multi-story parking garage, parking structure
A building designed for parking vehicles on multiple levels, either with ramps for self-parking or mechanical systems that move cars automatically.
立体駐車場(りったいちゅうしゃじょう)(くるま)()めた。
I parked my car in the multi-story parking garage.
立体駐車場(りったいちゅうしゃじょう)満車(まんしゃ)だった。
The parking garage was full.
この立体駐車場(りったいちゅうしゃじょう)機械式(きかいしき)操作(そうさ)必要(ひつよう)だ。
This parking garage is mechanical, so operation is required.

Compound of 立体(りったい) (three-dimensional, multi-level) + 駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう) (parking lot). Refers to any parking structure with multiple levels.

Types

  • 自走式(じそうしき): self-parking type (drive up ramps yourself)
  • 機械式(きかいしき): mechanical type (cars moved by machinery — common in urban Japan)
  • タワー(しき): tower type (vertical stacking)

Common patterns

  • 立体駐車場(りったいちゅうしゃじょう)()める: to park in a multi-story garage
  • 機械式(きかいしき)操作(そうさ): operating the mechanical system

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