ゲスト

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Common loanword used for invited guests at events, TV/radio programs, hotels, and similar contexts. Slightly more formal or event-oriented than お客さん.

〈番ばん組ぐみ〉にゲストを迎むかえるto invite/welcome a guest onto a show
今こん夜やの番ばん組ぐみには人にん気き歌か手しゅをゲストに迎むかえる。
Tonight's show will welcome a popular singer as a guest.
ゲストとして出しゅつ演えんするto appear as a guest (on a show, event)
彼かの女じょはドラマにゲストとして出しゅつ演えんした。
She appeared as a guest on the drama.
ゲストを招まねくto invite a guest (to an event)
結けっ婚こん式しきに多おおくのゲストを招まねいた。
We invited many guests to the wedding.
今こん週しゅうのゲストは〈人ひと〉this week's guest is 〈person〉 (common show-announcement phrase)
今こん週しゅうのゲストは有ゆう名めいな映えい画が監かん督とくです。
This week's guest is a famous film director.

お客きゃくさんN4
お客さん is the general, everyday word for a customer or visitor, while ゲスト is a loanword reserved for invited guests at events, shows, or hospitality settings.
来らい賓ひんN1
来賓 is a formal, ceremonial term for a distinguished guest at official functions, whereas ゲスト is casual and common in media and everyday hospitality talk.
客きゃくN4
客 is the plain, neutral word for a guest or customer, while ゲスト sounds more modern and is typically used for invited guests on shows or at events.
訪ほう問もん者しゃ
ゲスト is a borrowed word used for invited guests (e.g. on TV shows or parties), while 訪問者 refers more broadly to anyone who visits, invited or not.

ホスト
ホスト is the host who invites or receives people, the direct opposite role to ゲスト, the invited guest.

名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).

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Borrowed from English 'guest'.