客席
Meanings
1
guest seating; passenger seat
Refers to seats for guests, audience, or passengers in venues like theaters, stadiums, or taxis. The specific meaning depends on context.
The theater's guest seating was full.
I put my luggage on the passenger seat of the taxi.
2
Metonymic use: the seating area stands for the people occupying it. Common in contexts like performances or lectures.
Loud applause came from the audience.
Usage patterns
- 客席が埋まるfor the seats/audience to fill up
Before the show started, the seats were almost completely full.
- 客席に座るto sit in the audience/guest seat
We sat in the front row of the audience seating.
- 客席から拍手が起こるfor applause to break out from the audience
When the performance ended, loud applause broke out from the audience.
- 客席を見渡すto look out over the audience/seating area
The actor looked out over the audience from the stage.