Honorific term for a guest or visitor, used by hosts or staff to show respect.
The guest is waiting at the entrance.
ホテルのお客様を部屋へご案内します。
I will show the hotel guest to their room.
Honorific term for a customer, client, or patron in shops, restaurants, and businesses. Also used for spectators, passengers, and tourists in service contexts.
お客様は神様です。
The customer is god.
ただいまお客様が少なくて、静かです。
There are few customers right now, so it's quiet.
A customer came to the store.
All the staff welcomed the guests with smiles.
My job is to attend to customers at the reception desk.
I'm very sorry, but we are keeping our customers waiting.
We want to meet our customers' requests as much as possible.