シルバーシート

しるばーしーと
noun
silver seat; priority seat (older term)
transportation
1. silver seat; priority seat for the elderly and disabled
A reserved seat on trains and buses for elderly, disabled, injured, or pregnant passengers. An older Japanese-coined term (from English "silver" + "seat") now largely replaced by 優先席(ゆうせんせき).
シルバーシートに座(すわ)る。
To sit in the priority seat.
昔(むかし)はシルバーシートと呼(よ)ばれていた。
It used to be called the 'silver seat.'
シルバーシートという呼(よ)び方(かた)は、今(いま)では優先席(ゆうせんせき)に変(か)わっている。
The term 'silver seat' has now been changed to 'priority seat.'

A 和製英語(わせいえいご) (Japanese-made English) coinage first used on Japanese National Railways in 1973. The name came from the silver-gray fabric of the original seats. Now considered dated; 優先席(ゆうせんせき) is the standard modern term.

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Compare: 優先席(ゆうせんせき) (priority seat)
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