How to say "cockpit" in Japanese

• コックピットCommon
  nounCovers the cockpit of an aircraft as a straightforward loanword. This is the usual word to reach for when you simply mean 'cockpit' in everyday or technical talk about planes.
• 操縦室そうじゅうしつ
  nounRefers to the cockpit as the compartment or room where the pilot sits and controls the aircraft, sometimes also a control cabin. It describes the enclosed space itself rather than the seat.
• 操縦席そうじゅうせき
  nounPrimarily means the pilot's or driver's seat; the 'cockpit' gloss is secondary. For the cockpit as a whole space, it is seldom the word you want — use it when you mean the seat itself.

Use 「コックピット」 for the aircraft cockpit in general; 操縦室 names the compartment itself, and 操縦席 usually means the pilot's or driver's seat rather than the cockpit.

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• コックピットcockpit
• 操縦室そうじゅうしつcockpit
• 操縦席そうじゅうせき(pilot or driver's) seat