客きゃく分ぶん

noun

guest status; treatment as a guest

Refers to the position or treatment of being a guest, often used in contexts like 客分として扱う (treat as a guest).

• 彼かれは家か族ぞく同どう然ぜんで、客きゃく分ぶんとして扱あつかわれたことはない。

  He's like family and has never been treated as a guest.

• 会かい議ぎでは、外がい部ぶの専せん門もん家かを客きゃく分ぶんとして迎むかえた。

  At the meeting, they welcomed outside experts as guests.