路上駐車
ろじょうちゅうしゃ
noun, suru-verb
on-street parking; parking on a public road
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 路上駐車する | 路上駐車しない |
| Present polite | 路上駐車します | 路上駐車しません |
| Past | 路上駐車した | 路上駐車しなかった |
| Past polite | 路上駐車しました | 路上駐車しませんでした |
| て form | 路上駐車して | 路上駐車しなくて |
| ている present | 路上駐車している | 路上駐車していない |
| ている polite | 路上駐車しています | 路上駐車していません |
| ている past | 路上駐車していた | 路上駐車していなかった |
| ている past polite | 路上駐車していました | 路上駐車していませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 路上駐車すれば | 路上駐車しなければ |
| Conditional たら | 路上駐車したら | 路上駐車しなかったら |
| Volitional | 路上駐車しよう | — |
| Volitional polite | 路上駐車しましょう | — |
| Potential | 路上駐車できる | 路上駐車できない |
| Passive | 路上駐車される | 路上駐車されない |
| Causative | 路上駐車させる | 路上駐車させない |
| Imperative | 路上駐車しろ | 路上駐車するな |
1.
on-street parking; parking a vehicle on a public road
The act — usually unauthorized — of parking a car on a public street rather than in a parking lot or garage. In Japan, this is heavily restricted in cities and is a frequent target of police enforcement and fines.
ここは路上駐車禁止だ。
On-street parking is prohibited here.
路上駐車をして違反切符を切られた。
I parked on the street and got a violation ticket.
都心では路上駐車が交通渋滞の大きな原因になっている。
In the city center, on-street parking is a major cause of traffic congestion.
近所の狭い道に長時間路上駐車している車があり、住民から苦情が相次いでいる。
There is a car that has been parked for long stretches on a narrow neighborhood road, and complaints from residents have been pouring in.
Composed of 路上 ('on a road, on the street') + 駐車 ('parking'). The compound names a specific kind of parking — on the public roadway — as opposed to in a designated lot.
USAGE:
- In Japanese cities, 路上駐車 is heavily regulated. Many roads are marked 駐車禁止 ('no parking'); parking enforcement officers and police actively ticket offenders.
- Often appears with verbs like する} ('to park on the street'), {禁止する ('to prohibit'), 取り締まる ('to crack down on'), 見つかる ('to be caught').
- Distinguished from 違法駐車 ('illegal parking,' which can include parking lots, fire lanes, etc.). Not all on-street parking is illegal — some streets allow it during certain hours — but the word often carries an unauthorized nuance in news contexts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 路上駐車禁止: no on-street parking
- 路上駐車違反: parking violation (on the street)
- 路上駐車を取り締まる: to crack down on on-street parking
- 長時間路上駐車: long-term street parking
- 路上駐車を見つかる: to be caught parking on the street
- 迷惑路上駐車: nuisance street parking
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 違法駐車: illegal parking — a broader term that includes any unauthorized parking, on the street or elsewhere.
- 駐車違反: parking violation — focuses on the legal infraction itself, not the location.
- 放置駐車: abandoned parking — a vehicle left for an extended period; specifically targeted by Japanese parking laws.
- 駐車: parking — the general act, with no implication of where or whether it is permitted.
- {コインパーキング}: coin-operated parking lot — a small private lot where you pay by the hour; the legal alternative to street parking.