接せっ客きゃく

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Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

接客する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	接せっ客きゃくする	接せっ客きゃくしない
Polite	接せっ客きゃくします	接せっ客きゃくしません
Past polite	接せっ客きゃくしました	接せっ客きゃくしませんでした
Past	接せっ客きゃくした	接せっ客きゃくしなかった
Te-form	接せっ客きゃくして	接せっ客きゃくしないで
Desire	接せっ客きゃくしたい	接せっ客きゃくしたくない
Potential	接せっ客きゃくできる	接せっ客きゃくできない
Passive	接せっ客きゃくされる	接せっ客きゃくされない
Causative	接せっ客きゃくさせる	接せっ客きゃくさせない
Causative passive	接せっ客きゃくさせられる	接せっ客きゃくさせられない
Volitional	接せっ客きゃくしよう
Polite volitional	接せっ客きゃくしましょう
Imperative	接せっ客きゃくしろ	接せっ客きゃくするな
Conditional	接せっ客きゃくすれば	接せっ客きゃくしなければ
Tara conditional	接せっ客きゃくしたら	接せっ客きゃくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

serving customers; customer service; reception

Refers to the act of attending to customers or visitors, especially in hospitality, retail, or service industries. Often used as a noun or with する to describe the action.

彼かの女じょは接せっ客きゃくがとても上手じょうずだ。
She is very good at serving customers.
この店みせでは、従じゅう業ぎょう員いんが丁てい寧ねいに接せっ客きゃくしている。
At this shop, the staff serve customers politely.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に接せっ客きゃくするto attend to a customer
店てん員いんはお客きゃく様さまに丁てい寧ねいに接せっ客きゃくした。
The clerk politely attended to the customer.
接せっ客きゃく業ぎょうで働はたらくto work in the service/hospitality industry
彼かの女じょは長なが年ねん接せっ客きゃく業ぎょうで働はたらいている。
She has worked in the service industry for many years.
接せっ客きゃくの経けい験けんがあるto have experience serving customers
彼かれはカフェで接せっ客きゃくの経けい験けんがある。
He has experience serving customers at a café.
接せっ客きゃくが上じょう手ずだto be good at customer service
あの店てん員いんは接せっ客きゃくが上手じょうずで人にん気きがある。
That clerk is good at customer service and is popular with regulars.

Kanji

接touch, contact, adjoin
客guest, visitor, customer

Related words

応おう対たいN2
応対 covers dealing with people in general, such as phone calls or visitors, while 接客 specifically means serving customers or guests in a business context.
サービスN4
サービス is a broad term for service or service quality (often including free extras), while 接客 focuses on the direct interpersonal act of attending to a customer.
接せつ遇ぐう
接遇 is a more formal, often institutional term for hospitable treatment of guests or patients, while 接客 is the everyday word for serving customers in shops and restaurants.
おもてなし
接客 is business-register customer service, while おもてなし stresses warm, personal, wholehearted care for a guest.

Don't confuse with

接せっ待たいN1
接待 means entertaining clients or guests, often with meals or drinks for business purposes, whereas 接客 is the routine act of serving customers in a shop or service job.

Word family

接せっ客きゃく婦ふ
hostess; waitress
接せっ客きゃく業ぎょう
hospitality industry; service trade; service industry
接せっ客きゃく態たい度ど
customer service attitude; how one treats customers
接せっ客きゃく業ぎょう務む
customer service duties; serving customers

Etymology

Compound of 接 (せつ, 'to contact, to receive') and 客 (きゃく, 'guest, customer'). The reading せっきゃく results from the assimilation of 接's on'yomi せつ with 客's initial k- sound.