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I'm trying to translate this car parking sign/garage and I'm stuck on the part
for **間時肆拾貳**

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1aa1z.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1aa1z.jpg)

Google just returns the translation "In between", so I still don't know what
they mean. Maybe it's like parking in between the lines?
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What's the meaning of 間時肆拾貳 at a car parking sign
This is a tricky one because this sign is 1) written right-to-left, 2) using
kanji for numbers, and 3) using **old** / **traditional** kanji for the
numbers.

So rearranging it left-to-right and using simplified kanji would give us

> (top) [時間貸]{じ・かん・かし} → Hourly Rental / Pay by-the-hour  
>  (right, red) [五十M先]{ご・じゅう・メートル・さき} [入口]{いり・ぐち} → Entrance (is) 50 meters
> ahead  
>  (example in question) [二十四時間]{に・じゅう・よ・じ・かん} → (Open) 24 Hrs.  
>  (lower left, green) [空車]{くう・しゃ} → Vacancy / Empty spaces availabe

  

  * [Here is a reference to kanji used for numbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numerals#Formal_numbers).
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It means "24 hours".

First of all, the pic is wrong side out. Second, it is Japanese not Chinese（I
mean the language not the characters). Japanese use a lot traditional Chinese
characters. Third, it is an ad for parking lot and cars.

so, in the turns it was supposed to be:

時間貸⇒For rent by hour (時間means hour in Japanese but time in Chinese)

伍拾M先⇒50 meters ahead (this can be a very old ad,coz modern Japanese use 五十,伍拾
is traditional Chinese even in mainland china people are not using it in daily
life, but in taiwan they still do)

贰拾肆時間⇒24 hours(means for rent for 24h of course) (same as above, it can be
very old, i can ensure you many japanese people can not read this,they use
二十四時間 now, but they used to use traditional ones before)

空車⇒available car (usually used on taxi to let people know that that cab is
available)

*Can not believe it my first answer is about this.
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