リピーター
りぴーたー
noun
repeat customer, regular visitor
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.
リピーターが多い店だ。
It's a shop with many repeat customers.
リピーターを増やすことが大切だ。
It's important to increase repeat customers.
沖縄は何度も訪れるリピーターが多い観光地だ。
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:
- リピーターを増やす: to increase repeat customers
- リピーターが多い: to have many repeat customers
- リピーター率: repeat customer rate
- リピーターを獲得する: to acquire repeat customers
NOTE:
The related verb リピートする means to repeat a purchase or visit. リピ買い (repeat buying) is also common in casual contexts.