来らい客きゃく

also: らいかく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to a person who visits a home, office, or event. Neutral term for any visitor.

来らい客きゃくがあるto have a visitor come
今日きょうは午ご後ごから来らい客きゃくがある。
We have a visitor coming this afternoon.
来らい客きゃくを迎むかえるto welcome/receive a visitor
受うけ付つけで来らい客きゃくを迎むかえる。
We greet visitors at the reception desk.
来らい客きゃくの応おう対たいをするto attend to a visitor
秘ひ書しょが来らい客きゃくの応おう対たいをしている。
The secretary is attending to the visitor.
来らい客きゃく中ちゅうcurrently with a visitor
部ぶ長ちょうは今いま来らい客きゃく中ちゅうです。
The manager is currently with a visitor.

訪ほう問もん者しゃ
訪問者 is a more formal term used for scheduled or official visits, while 来客 is a general, neutral word for any visitor.
お客きゃくさんN4
お客さん is a polite, everyday word for a customer or guest, while 来客 is a neutral noun used mainly in announcements or writing.
客きゃくN4
客 is the plain, general word for a guest or customer, whereas 来客 specifically emphasizes that the person has come to visit.
来らい店てん
来店 specifically means a customer visiting a shop or business, while 来客 is broader and covers any visitor or guest arriving, not just to a store.

来らい賓ひんN1
来賓 refers specifically to an honored guest invited to a formal ceremony, while 来客 is any ordinary visitor to a home or office.
観かん客きゃくN3
観客 means a spectator watching a show or game, not someone who visits a place like 来客.
来らい訪ほう
来客 refers to the visitor or guest themselves, while 来訪 refers to the act of that person's visit, so the two are easily mixed up despite sharing 来.

来客Usage100%
- らいきゃく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading らいきゃく is the most common.
- らいかく
  Alternate reading; less common than らいきゃく.
らいかく

Compound of 来 (rai, 'come') and 客 (kyaku, 'guest'). The reading らいきゃく is the standard Sino-Japanese reading, while らいかく is a less common variant.