How to say "visitor" in Japanese

• 客きゃくJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe broad everyday word for a guest, customer, or visitor — someone received at a shop, restaurant, hotel, or home. Often the natural choice when 'visitor' means a paying customer or invited guest.
  夕食ゆうしょくにお客きゃくを招まねいていますか。↗

  Do you have guests for dinner?
• 来客らいきゃくCommon
  nounRefers specifically to someone who comes to visit — a caller or visitor to one's home or office. Common in contexts like announcing, expecting, or preparing for visitors.
  今日きょうは来客らいきゃくがあります。↗

  I'm expecting a customer today.
• ビジターCommon
  nounA loanword for visitor, used especially in sports for the visiting team or its fans, and in other contexts for outsiders to a place, as opposed to members or locals.
• 訪問者ほうもんしゃCommon
  nounA visitor in the neutral sense of someone who visits a place, person, or website. Slightly formal or descriptive, and suits counting or categorizing visitors.
  彼かれはその訪問者ほうもんしゃを居間いまに通とおした。↗

  He let the visitor into the living room.
• 客人きゃくじんCommon
  nounCovers callers, guests, and company — visitors received socially, especially in one's home. In many contexts it overlaps with 客, and 客 is often the more everyday word.
  客人きゃくじんたちはその幸しあわせな夫婦ふうふが末永すえながく裕福ゆうふくな人生じんせいを送おくる事ことを祈いのった。↗

  The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.

Choose 客 or 来客 for guests who come to your home or business, 訪問者 for people visiting a place or website, 「ビジター」 for sports and general contexts, and 客人 chiefly for guests.

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• 客きゃくguest
• 来客らいきゃくvisitor
• ビジターvisitor
• 訪問者ほうもんしゃvisitor
• 客人きゃくじんcaller
• 来賓らいひんguest
• お客様おきゃくさまguest
• 賓客ひんきゃくguest of honour
• 見学者けんがくしゃvisitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
• 参観人さんかんにんvisitor
• 訪客ほうきゃくvisitor
• 来観者らいかんしゃvisitor (to an exhibit)
• 来場者らいじょうしゃvisitor
• 来訪者らいほうしゃvisitor
• 来遊者らいゆうしゃvisitor
• 面会人めんかいにんvisitor (esp. at a hospital)
• 参観者さんかんしゃvisitor
• 拝観者はいかんしゃvisitor
• 来者らいしゃvisitor
• 入館者にゅうかんしゃvisitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
• 参拝客さんぱいきゃくvisitor (to a shrine or temple)
• 来店者らいてんしゃvisitor (to a store, restaurant, etc.)
• 来客者らいきゃくしゃvisitor
• 来館者らいかんしゃvisitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
• 面会者めんかいしゃvisitor (esp. at a hospital)
• お客さんおきゃくさんguest
• 逗留客とうりゅうきゃくsojourner
• 滞在客たいざいきゃくguest
• 観覧者かんらんしゃspectator
• 外来者がいらいしゃstranger
• 参詣人さんけいにんworshipper
• 渡航者とこうしゃpassenger
• 訪問客ほうもんきゃくcaller
• 参拝者さんぱいしゃworshipper
• 来店客らいてんきゃくcustomer (who visits an establishment in person)
• 傍聴人ぼうちょうにんobserver
• 旅行客りょこうきゃくtourist
• 傍聴者ぼうちょうしゃobserver
• 閲覧者えつらんしゃreader