クライアントkuraianto

Common
Definitions
  1. nounclient
    私、自動車じどうしゃにしょっちゅう乗のってるの。だから、クライアントが私にコンタクトが取とれないって文句もんくを言いうの。↗
    I'm on the road a lot, and my clients are complaining that they can never reach me.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym顧客こきゃくNeutralA business customer or client; somewhat formal, seen mostly in business documents. 「クライアント」 stresses the party commissioning professional services or advertising.
  • Synonym依頼者いらいしゃWrittenSomeone who asks another to handle something, e.g. hiring a lawyer or detective. Close to 「クライアント」 in its client sense, but with a written, formal feel.
  • Synonym取引先とりひきさきNeutralThe other party in a business transaction, company or individual, as in 「取引先との打ち合わせ」; not limited to the commissioning side.
  • SynonymカスタマーNeutralA loanword for customer, mostly in compounds like 「カスタマーサポート」. 「クライアント」 leans toward the commissioning party.
  • Synonym依頼人いらいにんNeutralSynonymous with 「依頼者」: a person who commissions work, common in lawyer or detective contexts. 「クライアント」 can also mean an advertiser.
  • Relatedお客様おきゃくさまFormalAn honorific for customers or guests, used face-to-face in service settings. 「クライアント」 refers to the commissioning party in business dealings.
  • Related買い手かいてNeutralThe buying side in a sale, opposed to the seller. 「クライアント」 is a client commissioning services and does not stress a buyer-seller relationship.
  • Related客きゃくNeutralThe most basic word for a guest, visitor or customer; generally avoided in services like medical care and education. 「クライアント」 stresses the commissioning party.
  • Related得意先とくいさきNeutralA long-standing regular customer, stressing an ongoing trading relationship. 「クライアント」 stresses commissioned work and need not be long-term.
  • Relatedお客さんおきゃくさんCasualA polite term for guests or customers, more casual than 「お客様」 and mostly spoken. 「クライアント」 leans toward business settings.
  • AntonymサーバーNeutralIn computing, the counterpart of 「クライアント」: the side that provides the service. Also a serving player in sports, or serving utensils.

Use 「クライアント」 for a client commissioning professional services (lawyer, accountant, architect) or advertising; in computing it is the counterpart of 「サーバー」. For ordinary customers say 「客」 or 「お客様」; for business trading partners, 「取引先」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (弁護士べんごし・会計士かいけいし・建築家けんちくかなど専門せんもん職業しょくぎょう家かへの) 依頼人いらいにん、(商店しょうてん, ホテルなどの)顧客こきゃく。
  2. 得意先とくいさき。特とくに広告代理店こうこくだいりてんが、依頼いらいした広告主こうこくぬしをさしていう語ご。
  3. カウンセリングを受うけに来きた人ひと。来談者らいだんしゃ。社会しゃかい福祉ふくし事業じぎょうの援助えんじょを受うける人ひと。
  4. クライアント・サーバシステムにおいて、サーバに接続せつぞくされ、そのサービスやデータを利用りようするコンピュータ。
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