Illustration: Inside a busy neighborhood café, nearly every chair is occupied, but one clean, unobstructed chair remains at a small table near the window. A server holds an open hand toward it as a tired customer arrives carrying a folded umbrella.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう席せき

kuuseki

empty seat

Example sentences

  1. まだ空席くうせきがありますか。

    Are there still some empty seats?

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  2. ホールには空席くうせきは一ひとつもなかった。

    There wasn’t a single vacant seat in the hall.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今朝けさは電車でんしゃが混こんでいて空席くうせきが見みつからなかったので、ずっと立たち通とおしだった。

    This morning the train was so crowded that I couldn’t find a vacant seat and had to stand the whole way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 空席

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 席seat; matOnセキKunむしろ

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