also: ビップ · ヴィップ · ブイアイピー
VIP; very important person
Standard loanword for a person of high status or importance, used in business, events, and media.
彼はＶＩＰとしてパーティーに招待された。
He was invited to the party as a VIP.
ＶＩＰルームは関係者以外立ち入り禁止です。
The VIP room is off-limits to unauthorized personnel.
At the airport, they treated him as a VIP.
会場にはＶＩＰルームが用意されていた。
A VIP room was prepared at the venue.
She received VIP treatment at the hotel.
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
Standard full-width Latin alphabet spelling, commonly used in Japanese.
Katakana spelling reflecting a clipped pronunciation; used in casual contexts.
Katakana spelling with ヴ for the V sound; less common than ビップ.
Borrowed from English 'VIP', an acronym for 'very important person'. The reading ブイ・アイ・ピー reflects the English letter names, while ビップ and ヴィップ are Japanese approximations of the acronym as a word.