常連・定連|じょうれんjouren[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveregular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; frequenter
2. nounconstant companion

• SynonymおなじみCasualColloquial for something familiar or an old face, as in 「お馴染みの顔」; 「常連」 stresses regular-customer status.
• Synonym常客じょうきゃくNeutralA regular customer of a shop, stressing the customer role; 「常連」 also covers companions who regularly get together, as in 「常連メンバー」.
• Synonym常得意じょうとくいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a longtime patron, from the merchant's viewpoint; 「常連」 is more everyday.
• Synonymなじみ客なじみきゃくCasualColloquial for a familiar customer; in old usage also a man who repeatedly visited the same courtesan. 「常連」 is more neutral.
• Related贔屓ひいきCasualColloquial for favoritism, patronage or a patron, as in 「ひいきの店」; 「常連」 centers on the customer who comes often.
• Related馴染みなじみNeutralFamiliarity or being well acquainted, as in 「馴染みの店」; 「常連」 refers to people, the customers who come often.
• Antonym新参しんざんNeutralA newcomer or new member; the opposite of the established 「常連」 in terms of seniority.

Use 「常連」 for a shop's regulars or for companions who regularly get together, as in 「常連客」. Merchants say 「常得意」 for a longtime patron, 「馴染み客」 for a familiar customer, 「贔屓」 for patronage; the opposite is 「新参」.

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1. 常つね日頃ひごろ連れ立つれだっている仲間なかまや友人ゆうじん。
2. 常つねにある店みせに来くる客きゃく。