Refers to a customer who frequently patronizes a particular shop or business.
The regular customer at that shop always sits in the same seat.
He is a regular at this restaurant, coming three times a week.
常連 is a more common and casual word for 'regular customer'. 常得意 is slightly more formal and less frequent.
Standard kanji spelling for 'regular customer'.
Variant kanji spelling; 定 also conveys 'fixed/regular'.
Compound of 常 (じょう, 'usual, regular') and 得意 (とくい, 'customer, client'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain.