個人(こじん)客(きゃく)

こじんきゃく
noun
individual customer; private customer; retail customer
1. individual customer; private customer; retail customer
A customer who is a private individual rather than a business entity or corporate client. Used in hospitality, banking, retail, and service industries to distinguish individual clients from corporate or group customers.
個人(こじん)客(きゃく)の予約(よやく)が増(ふ)えている。
Reservations from individual customers are increasing.
この旅館(りょかん)は個人(こじん)客(きゃく)よりも団体(だんたい)客(きゃく)が多(おお)い。
This inn has more group customers than individual ones.
個人(こじん)客(きゃく)向(む)けのサービスを充実(じゅうじつ)させることで、売(う)り上(あ)げが伸(の)びた。
By enhancing services for individual customers, sales grew.

A compound of 個人(こじん) (individual, personal) and 客(きゃく) (customer, guest). Common in business contexts, especially hospitality, finance, and retail.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 個人(こじん)客(きゃく)向(む)け: aimed at individual customers
  • 個人(こじん)客(きゃく)の対応(たいおう): handling individual customers
  • 個人(こじん)客(きゃく)を増(ふ)やす: to increase individual customers
  • 個人(こじん)客(きゃく)中心(ちゅうしん): focused on individual customers

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 団体(だんたい)客(きゃく): group customer — the natural opposite, visitors coming as an organized group
  • 法人(ほうじん)客(きゃく): corporate customer — a company or organization as client
  • 常連(じょうれん)客(きゃく): regular customer — a returning patron regardless of individual or group status
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