サービスエリア
also: サービス・エリア
Meanings
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Refers to a rest stop on an expressway or toll road, typically with parking, toilets, shops, and restaurants. In Japan, サービスエリア (SA) is larger than a パーキングエリア (PA).
Let's take a break at the next service area.
This service area has a famous ramen shop.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉のサービスエリアで休憩するto take a break at a service area (on a certain stretch of highway)
We took a break at a service area on the Tomei Expressway.
- サービスエリアに寄るto stop by a service area
Let's stop by the next service area for the restroom.