セルフスタンド

noun

self-service gas station

A wasei-eigo term for a gas station where customers pump their own fuel. Common in everyday Japanese.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from self stand

• 近きん所じょにセルフスタンドができて、ガソリン代だいが少すこし安やすくなった。

  A self-service gas station opened in the neighborhood, and gas prices got a little cheaper.

• セルフスタンドの使つかい方かたがわからなくて、店てん員いんに手伝てつだってもらった。

  I didn't know how to use the self-service gas station, so I had an attendant help me.