客 (きゃく, kyaku) Japanese meaning: guest

客 (きゃく, kyaku) Japanese meaning: guest | Kotomora

Grammar

ゲストN1sense 1
ゲスト is a casual loanword for a special or invited guest (e.g. on a TV show), while 客 is the plain, general word for any visitor.
消しょう費ひ者しゃN2sense 2
消費者 is an economic term for a buyer or consumer in general, while 客 is the everyday word for a specific customer in a shop or business.
訪ほう問もん者しゃ sense 1
訪問者 is a neutral, slightly formal term for someone who pays a visit, whereas 客 carries the sense of being welcomed or entertained.
お客きゃくさんN4
客 is the plain, unadorned word for a guest or customer, while お客さん adds polite お…さん framing to show courtesy toward that person.

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顧こ客きゃく
客 is a general, casual word for any customer or guest, while 顧客 is a formal business term for a client or regular patron.
カスタマー
客 is the plain, everyday word for a customer or guest, while カスタマー is a business-register loanword often used in corporate or service contexts.
お客きゃく様さま
客 is the plain, unadorned word for a guest or customer, while お客様 is the honorific form used by staff to show respect.
来らい賓ひんN1
客 is the general word for a customer or visitor, while 来賓 refers specifically to a formally invited guest at an official ceremony or event.

主しゅ人じんN4sense 1
主人 is the host who receives people, the direct opposite role to 客, the guest who is received.
店てん員いんN4sense 2
店員 is the shop staff who serve people, the opposite role to 客, the customer being served.
スタッフN3
客 is the customer or guest being served, the natural counterpart to スタッフ, the people doing the serving.

お客きゃくさんpolite 丁寧語N4
お客さん is the polite, everyday form of 客 used especially by shop staff addressing or referring to customers.

各かくN3
客 (きゃく, guest/customer) and 各 (かく, each) have very similar kanji shapes but completely unrelated meanings.
脚きゃく
客 (guest, customer) shares the same reading きゃく with 脚 but is a completely different word meaning a visitor, not a leg or counter.

名めいN2
名 is the polite, formal counter used when counting guests or customers, as in 客3名.
人にん
人 is the plain, everyday counter for people and is commonly used to count 客 in casual speech.

The kanji 客 originally depicts a person under a roof, conveying the idea of a guest or visitor. The reading きゃく is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.