How do you say "the paid upgrade car, a separate ticket" in Japanese?

Name: The Only Empty Seats on a Packed Tokyo Train Are Upstairs. Sitting In One Costs Extra.
Uploaded: 2026-09-09T23:56:29Z
Duration: 22 s
Description: Learn to say グリーン車 (guriin-sha) — the paid upgrade car, a separate ticket. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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The Only Empty Seats on a Packed Tokyo Train Are Upstairs. Sitting In One Costs Extra.

To say the paid upgrade car, a separate ticket in Japanese, say グリーン車 (guriin-sha).

The train's packed, and two cars have soft empty seats. There's a reason.

グリーン車 guriin-sha the paid upgrade car, a separate ticket

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ここはグリーン車です。 koko wa guriin-sha desu. This is the green car.
グリーン券をお願いします。 guriin-ken o onegai shimasu. A Green Car ticket, please.

Kanji in this phrase

グリーン車: グリーンしゃ
グリーン券: グリーンけん

Why this phrase

On JR East commuter lines, cars 4 and 5 are double-decker グリーン車, a paid upgrade on an ordinary train. Buy it to your Suica first, take a seat showing a red lamp, then tap the reader in the ceiling above you and the lamp turns green. One takeaway: グリーン車 means you pay extra to sit there. Do not quote any penalty figure, it's unverified.