Bus pickup and drop off with 送迎

Kanji Explanation: Sending and escorting with 送

After school, the girls’ basketball team walks to the location where they’re practicing for an upcoming match.

生徒:: 「せめてバズで送迎(そうげい)してくれれば…」; “If only they’d at least provide a bus to pick us up and drop us off”
生徒:: 「徒歩圏内(とほけんない)だからねぇ」; “It's within walking distance, after all.”

Key Points

送迎(そうげい) = transportation that both picks people up and takes them back
- In this scene, 送迎(そうげい)する means providing transportation rather than just “sending” someone one-way
せめて + 〜てくれれば expresses a frustrated minimum request
- せめて means “at least” or “if nothing else”, so the speaker is lowering the bar to the minimum they think would still be reasonable
- 「バズで送迎(そうげい)してくれれば…」 means “if they would at least shuttle us by bus…” and trails off to imply dissatisfaction
Reply line: 徒歩圏内(とほけんない)だからねぇ softens the pushback
- 徒歩圏内(とほけんない) means “within walking distance”, so the reply is giving the reason bus transportation is not being provided
- だから marks the reason, and ねぇ adds a conversational, slightly drawn-out tone like “you know” or “after all”
- In effect, the second speaker is saying: “Well, it is within walking distance, after all.”