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number of visitors; customer count; number of people who come to a place
A numerical count of visitors, guests, or customers coming to a business, event, facility, or home. Common in retail, hospitality, and event management to track attendance. Can describe shop customers, exhibition attendees, or household visitors depending on context.
来客数が増えた。
The number of customers increased.
今月の来客数は先月より多い。
This month's customer count is higher than last month's.
週末のイベントでは来客数が予想を大きく上回り、スタッフ全員が対応に追われた。
At the weekend event, the number of visitors greatly exceeded expectations, and the entire staff was kept busy handling them.
Compound of 来客 ('visitor; guest; customer') and 数 ('number; count'). The suffix 〜数 is productive in business and statistics: 人数 ('number of people'), 会員数 ('membership count'), 閲覧数 ('pageviews').
USAGE:
- Treated as a noun; does not take する.
- Common verbs: が増える / 減る ('increases / decreases'), を数える ('to count'), を集計する ('to tally'), を予想する ('to forecast').
- Used in retail reports, restaurant daily logs, tourism statistics, and event planning.
- For household visitors, 来客 alone is usually more natural; 来客数 implies counting or tracking.
- Very often paired with comparison expressions: より多い ('more than'), を上回る / 下回る ('exceeds / falls below').
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 来客数が増える: the number of visitors increases
- 来客数を集計する: to tally the customer count
- 来客数の推移: trends in visitor numbers
- 来客数を予想する: to forecast the customer count
- 一日の来客数: daily customer count
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 来場者数: number of attendees — preferred for events, exhibitions, and venues rather than shops.
- 来店客数: number of store customers — narrower; specifically for retail shops.
- 集客数: number of customers attracted — focuses on how many were drawn in, often used in marketing.
- 入場者数: number of admissions — for ticketed venues like stadiums, museums, and amusement parks.