リピーター

also: リピータ

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Meanings

repeater

Technical term in telecommunications for a device that amplifies or retransmits signals.

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Using this repeater will extend the range of your Wi-Fi signal.

repeat customer; regular; frequent visitor

Common in business contexts for customers who return repeatedly to a store, service, or website.

この店みせはリピーターが多おおいので、サービスが良よいのだろう。
This shop has many repeat customers, so the service must be good.
リピーター割わり引びきを利り用ようして、いつも同おなじホテルに泊とまっています。
I always stay at the same hotel using the repeat-customer discount.

repeat offender; person who does the same negative act repeatedly

Used for someone who repeatedly commits the same undesirable action, such as a crime or rule violation. Often seen in news or legal contexts.

〈人ひと〉がリピーターになるfor someone to become a repeat customer
このカフェのコーヒーがおいしくて、すっかりリピーターになった。
The coffee at this café is so good that I've become a regular repeat customer.
リピーターを増ふやすto increase the number of repeat customers
このホテルはサービスを改かい善ぜんしてリピーターを増ふやそうとしている。
The hotel is trying to increase repeat customers by improving its service.

常じょう連れん sense 2
常連 is the traditional Japanese word for a regular patron with a personal relationship to a shop, while リピーター is a loanword emphasizing the repeated act of returning.
再さい犯はん者しゃ sense 3
再犯者 specifically means a repeat criminal offender, whereas リピーター in its negative sense can cover any repeated undesirable act, not just crimes.

一いち見げんさん sense 2
一見さん refers to a first-time or one-off customer, the opposite of a リピーター who returns again and again.

リピーターUsage80%
Most common katakana spelling for all senses.
リピータUsage20%
Alternate spelling without the long vowel; less common but recognized.

Borrowed from English 'repeater'. The business sense 'repeat customer' is a Japanese development from the original English meaning.