操縦席(そうじゅうせき)

Usage

Primarily used for the pilot's position in an aircraft. The English loanword コックピット is also widely used and understood in Japanese.

Common collocations

• 操縦席(そうじゅうせき)に座(すわ)る (to sit in the cockpit)
• 操縦席(そうじゅうせき)に入(はい)る (to enter the cockpit)
• 操縦席(そうじゅうせき)からの視界(しかい) (visibility from the cockpit)

Similar words

• コックピット: cockpit (loanword, commonly used)
• 運転席(うんてんせき): driver's seat (for cars)
• 操縦(そうじゅう)室(しつ): control room, flight deck