Yomi
おたんじょうびせき
Rōmaji
otanjoubi seki
Type
slang
Literal Meaning
birthday seat
Meaning
a seat at the shorter side of a rectangle table
Additional Info
The allusion is that a kid often sits in a “birthday seat” at his/her birthday party so that the adults can see him/her well from their seats. This term is often used when a group of people go to a restaurant together and a few of them end up sitting in seats which are made impromptu by bringing chairs from another table.
Example
お誕生席、誰が座る？
Who sits in the seat at the shorter side of the table?
