1.
gas station; filling station; fuel station
A place where vehicles can be refueled. A formal term for what is more commonly called ガソリンスタンド in everyday Japanese.
次の給油所まで30キロある。
It's 30 kilometers to the next gas station.
高速道路の給油所は値段が高い。
Gas stations on the highway are expensive.
ガソリンが残り少なくなったので、給油所を探した。
We were running low on gas, so we looked for a filling station.
Composed of 給油 (refueling) + 所 (place). A formal term for a gas station. In everyday conversation, ガソリンスタンド (gasoline stand, a Japanese-coined English term) is far more common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 給油所に寄る: to stop at a gas station
- 給油所を探す: to look for a gas station
- セルフ給油所: self-service gas station
- 最寄りの給油所: nearest gas station
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ガソリンスタンド: gas station — the most common everyday term (wasei-eigo)
- スタンド: station — abbreviated colloquial form of ガソリンスタンド
- 給油: refueling — the act of adding fuel, not the location
NOTE:
給油所 appears on road signs, in official documents, and in news reports. ガソリンスタンド is preferred in casual speech.