Impound in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf the police or a tow truck: to take away a vehicle that was parked where it should not be and keep it until the owner pays to get it back.

Definition in Japanese止めてはいけない所に止めた車を運んでいき、持ち主がお金を払うまで預かること。

Synonyms (English): tow away

Example sentences

• 荷(に)さばきスペースに止(と)めて薬局(やっきょく)に5分寄(ごふんよ)っただけなのに、出(で)てきたらレッカー車(しゃ)が来(き)てて、車(くるま)がもうレッカー移動(いどう)されていくところだった。🔊

  I ran into the pharmacy for five minutes — five! — and a tow truck was already towing my car away from the loading zone.

• よその家(いえ)の車庫(しゃこ)の前(まえ)に止(と)めたらレッカー移動(いどう)されて、取(と)り戻(もど)すのに二万円(にまんえん)もかかった。🔊

  They impounded my car for parking in front of someone's driveway, and getting it back cost me two hundred bucks.

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