お客(きゃく)さん

おきゃくさん
noun
guest, customer
1. guest, visitor
A person visiting someone's home.
お客(きゃく)さんが来(き)た。
A guest arrived.
お客(きゃく)さんにお茶(ちゃ)を出(だ)した。
I served tea to the guest.
明日(あした)、お客(きゃく)さんが家(いえ)に来(く)る。
A visitor is coming to our house tomorrow.
2. customer, patron
A person who buys goods or services from a business.
お客(きゃく)さん、何(なに)をお探(さが)しですか？
Customer, what are you looking for?
今日(きょう)はお客(きゃく)さんが多(おお)い。
There are many customers today.
お客(きゃく)さんを大切(たいせつ)にする店(みせ)だ。
It's a shop that values its customers.

RELATED TERMS:

  • お客(きゃく)様(さま): more formal, used in business contexts
  • 客(きゃく): customer (less polite)
  • 来客(らいきゃく): visitor (formal)

USAGE NOTE:
In shops, staff often address customers directly as お客(きゃく)さん or お客(きゃく)様(さま).

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