How to Say "Garage" in Japanese

ガレージ

garēji[ɡa̠ɾe̞ːʑi]

In Japanese, 'garage' can be expressed as ガレージ (garēji) or 車庫.

Meaning: building or section of building to store a car, tools etc. (noun)

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“garage” in Japanese
Japanese	Romanization (Wiktionary)	IPA
ガレージ	garēji	[ɡa̠ɾe̞ːʑi] (narrow)
車庫	shako	[ɕa̠ko̞] (narrow)

Both terms refer to a building or a section of a building used to store a car or tools.

The term 車庫 is composed of two parts: 車, meaning car and 庫, meaning warehouse or storehouse.

In contrast, ガレージ is a loanword from English that often carries a more modern or stylish connotation, such as a residential garage in a house.

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In Japan, the term 車庫 is often used in legal contexts, such as the 車庫証明 or 'garage certificate' required to register a car.
Unlike in English, where 'garage' can mean a repair shop, Japanese people usually use 整備工場 for a repair shop and reserve 車庫 or ガレージ for storage.
While ガレージ suggests a private home setup, many urban Japanese residents use a 立体駐車場, a multi-story mechanical parking garage that lifts cars vertically.

これは車庫の鍵よ。
This is the key to the garage.
This sentence is useful for identifying the key to a 車庫.
Tatoeba #11878833 by small_snow, translation #10740480 by ddnktr
車は車庫にあります。
The car is in the garage.
This sentence is useful for stating that a car is inside a 車庫.
Tatoeba #1147494 by bunbuku, translation #882715 by CK
車はガレージの前だよ。
The car is in front of the garage.
This sentence is useful for describing the position of a car in relation to a ガレージ.
Tatoeba #8571022 by small_snow, translation #870575 by CM
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A woman asks her brother where he parked his car.

陽葵 Himari

陽太、車はガレージに入れた？
Hinata, kuruma wa gare-ji ni ireta?
Hinata, did you put the car in the garage?
陽太 Yota

うん、ガレージにしまっておいたよ。
Un, gare-ji ni shimatte oita yo.
Yeah, I put it away in the garage.
陽葵 Himari

わかった。ガレージの掃除もしておいてね。
Wakatta. Gare-ji no souji mo shite oite ne.
Okay. Please clean the garage too.
陽太 Yota

了解。後でやっておくよ。
Ryoukai. Ato de yatte oku yo.
Roger that. I'll do it later.

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