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user card; library card; patron card
A registration card issued to the users of a facility or service — most typically a public library card, but also used at sports centers, community centers, and other membership-based public facilities. It identifies the holder as a registered user and is shown when borrowing items or using services.
利用者カードをお持ちですか。
Do you have a user card?
図書館の利用者カードを作りたい。
I'd like to make a library card.
本を借りるときは、必ず利用者カードを持参してください。
When borrowing books, please be sure to bring your library card.
引っ越したので、新しい住所で利用者カードを作り直しました。
Since I moved, I re-registered for a user card with my new address.
Composed of 利用者 (user, patron) and カード (card). The standard neutral term used at public facilities — especially libraries — for the registration card issued to people entitled to use the service.
USAGE:
Most often encountered in the context of public libraries (図書館)、where 利用者カード is essentially the Japanese equivalent of 'library card'. The same term is used at municipal sports centers, community halls, and archives. In commercial contexts — gyms, video rental, loyalty programs — カタカナ names like メンバーズカード} or {会員カード are more common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 利用者カードを作る: to make / apply for a user card
- 利用者カードを提示する: to present one's user card
- 利用者カードの更新: renewal of the user card
- 利用者カードを紛失する: to lose one's user card
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 会員カード / {メンバーズカード}: membership card — used for private/commercial memberships (gyms, clubs, stores)
- 貸出カード: lending card — an older term for a library card, emphasizing the lending function
- 図書館カード: library card — a more transparent synonym when the context is specifically a library