Give up your seat in Japanese
In Japanese
席を譲る
seki o yuzuru
Definition
Definition in EnglishTo stand up and let someone else, such as an older person, sit in your seat on a bus or a train.
Definition in Japaneseバスや電車で立ち上がって、お年寄りなどほかの人を自分の席に座らせること。
Example sentences
昨日、高校生が席を譲ってくれたんだけど、私ってそんなに年寄りに見える？
A teenager gave up his seat for me yesterday — do I really look that old?
席を譲ってあげたかったけど、十二時間勤務の後で、立っているのもやっとだったんだ。
I'd have given up my seat, but I'd just come off a twelve-hour shift and could barely stand.