No. 1,489 in Japanese
駐
"駐" means "to stop," "to park," or "stationed" in the context of vehicles or positioning.
In a sentence
駐車場に車を停めました。
I parked my car in the parking lot.
The word 駐 indicates 'parking' or 'stationing', used in the noun 駐車場 which means 'parking lot'.
彼は街に駐在しています。
He is stationed in the town.
Here, 駐 is part of 駐在, meaning 'stationing or residing temporarily', indicating someone's assignment to a particular place.
この地区では駐留軍がいます。
There are stationed troops in this area.
In this case, 駐 is part of 駐留, referring to 'stationing or maintaining a presence', often in a military sense.
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