シルバーシート

noun

priority seat (on public transport)

Wasei-eigo term for seats on buses and trains reserved for the elderly, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. The term is widely understood but some operators now use 優先席 instead.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from silver seat

• バスのシルバーシートはお年とし寄よりや体からだの不ふ自じ由ゆうな方かたが優ゆう先せんです。

  The priority seats on the bus are for the elderly and people with disabilities.

• シルバーシートに座すわっている若わか者ものは席せきを譲ゆずるべきだ。

  Young people sitting in the priority seats should give them up.