得意客(とくいきゃく)

とくいきゃく
noun
regular customer; valued client
businessshopping
1. regular customer; valued client
A customer who buys from a shop or business often and is valued by it.
彼(かれ)はこの店(みせ)の得意客(とくいきゃく)だ。
He is a regular at this shop.
得意客(とくいきゃく)に招待状(しょうたいじょう)を送(おく)る。
We send invitations to our valued customers.
長年(ながねん)の得意客(とくいきゃく)を失(うしな)わないように、店主(てんしゅ)は丁寧(ていねい)に対応(たいおう)した。
The owner handled it carefully so as not to lose a long-time customer.

得意(とくい) here is the old sense "a regular patron", as in お得意(とくい)さん and お得意(とくい)様(さま), not "good at".

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Compare: 常連(じょうれん) (a regular, stressing frequent visits)
Compare: 顧客(こきゃく) (customer, client)
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Added 2026.9.29 18:58 · Revised 2026.9.29 19:00
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