リピーター

りぴーたー
noun
repeat customer, regular visitor
businessbusiness
1. repeat customer, regular visitor
A person who returns to the same shop, restaurant, tourist destination, or service multiple times. Used in business and tourism contexts.
リピーター(おお)(みせ)だ。
It's a shop with many repeat customers.
リピーター()やすこと大切(たいせつ)だ。
It's important to increase repeat customers.
Okinawa is a tourist destination with many repeat visitors.

リピーター is from English "repeater" but in Japanese is used specifically to mean a repeat customer or return visitor. This usage does not exist in English.

Common collocations

Usage

The related verb リピートする means to repeat a purchase or visit. リピ()い (repeat buying) is also common in casual contexts.