English Dictionary

English Dictionary

Last Updated ：2025/11/20

back seat

especially in the expression take a back seat informal

Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.

Japanese Meaning

車両の後部にある座席（リアシート）

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I found a forgotten umbrella under the back seat of the taxi.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

タクシーの後部座席の下で忘れられた傘を見つけた。

Sense（1）

Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.

Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends

Kickin' in the front seat

Sittin' in the back seat

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat can I take?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(informal, especially in the expression take a back seat) A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others.

The bluntness of King Vajiralongkorn's intervention—and the determination it reveals to resist relatively small checks on royal power—is both a snub to the junta and a worry for democrats, some of whom had dared hope that the new king might be happy to take a back seat in public life.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

back seats

（ plural ）

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Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.

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I found a forgotten umbrella under the back seat of the taxi.

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