self-service
Abbreviation of セルフサービス. Refers to self-service systems, especially in gas stations, restaurants, and shops.
See also: セルフサービス
このガソリンスタンドはセルフです。
This gas station is self-service.
This gas station is self-service.
セルフのうどん屋で、自分で天ぷらを取った。
At the self-service udon shop, I took the tempura myself.
Prefix used in compounds like セルフチェック (self-check) or セルフイメージ (self-image). Not freely productive.
ホテルのセルフチェックイン機を使った。
I used the hotel's self-check-in machine.
Please handle the payment yourself at the self-checkout.
self-service
self-timer; delayed shutter release
self-care
self-checkout; automated checkout
self-cover; new version of one's own song · songwriter's own performance of a song written for another artist
Loanword from English 'self'. The self-service sense is a clipping of セルフサービス.