助手席(じょしゅせき)

じょしゅせき
noun
passenger seat; front passenger seat
1. passenger seat; front passenger seat
The seat next to the driver in a car. In Japan (where cars are right-hand drive), this is the left front seat.
助手席(じょしゅせき)に座(すわ)ってもいい？
Can I sit in the passenger seat?
助手席(じょしゅせき)でナビをしてくれる？
Can you navigate for me from the passenger seat?
子供(こども)は助手席(じょしゅせき)ではなく後部(こうぶ)座席(ざせき)に座(すわ)らせたほうが安全(あんぜん)だ。
It's safer to have children sit in the back seat rather than the passenger seat.

Literally "assistant's seat" — originally the seat where a driving instructor or navigator would sit. Now simply refers to the front passenger seat in any car.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 助手席(じょしゅせき)に座(すわ)る (to sit in the passenger seat)
  • 助手席(じょしゅせき)に乗(の)る (to ride in the passenger seat)
  • 助手席(じょしゅせき)の窓(まど) (passenger-side window)

RELATED TERMS:

  • 運転席(うんてんせき) (driver's seat)
  • 後部(こうぶ)座席(ざせき) (back seat / rear seat)
  • 後(うし)ろの席(せき) (back seat — casual)
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