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常客 (じょうきゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

常じょう客きゃく

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Meanings

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noun

regular customer; patron

Refers to a customer who frequents a particular shop, restaurant, or establishment.

彼かれはあの喫きっ茶さ店てんの常じょう客きゃくだ。
He is a regular customer at that coffee shop.

Kanji

常usual, ordinary, normal
客guest, visitor, customer

Similar words

常じょう連れん
常連 is a more common and casual word for a regular customer, while 常客 is slightly more formal and less frequently used.

Etymology

Compound of 常 (regular) and 客 (customer). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.