接客|せっきゃくsekkyaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbserving customers; looking after visitors; reception
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 接客する（せっきゃくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 接客します（せっきゃくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 接客しない（せっきゃくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 接客しません（せっきゃくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 接客せず・接客せぬ（せっきゃくせず・せっきゃくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 接客した（せっきゃくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 接客しました（せっきゃくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 接客しなかった（せっきゃくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 接客しませんでした（せっきゃくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 接客して（せっきゃくして） |
| Potential | 接客できる（せっきゃくできる） |
| Passive | 接客される（せっきゃくされる） |
| Causative | 接客させる（せっきゃくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 接客させられる（せっきゃくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 接客すれば（せっきゃくすれば） |
| tara | 接客したら（せっきゃくしたら） |
| Volitional | 接客しよう（せっきゃくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 接客しましょう（せっきゃくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 接客しろ（せっきゃくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym応対おうたいNeutralResponding to people who call or visit — how you handle them, as in 「電話応対」. 「接客」 centres on staff serving customers.
- SynonymもてなしNeutralHospitality and attentive service — entertaining guests with care, as in 「おもてなしの心」.
- Synonym接遇せつぐうWrittenWritten word for receiving guests, with emphasis on etiquette and courteous handling; common in service fields like business, healthcare and nursing.
- Related扱いあつかいNeutralTreatment or handling; the focus is on how people are treated, rather than on serving customers.
- Related歓迎かんげいNeutralGreeting someone gladly — the welcoming attitude, not the serving of customers that 「接客」 covers.
- Related待遇たいぐうNeutralMostly about workplace terms — pay, status, working conditions — though it can also mean receiving or attending to guests.
- Related饗応きょうおうWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for entertaining guests with food and drink — wining and dining rather than serving customers.
- RelatedもてなすNeutralVerb for entertaining a guest with care and warmth, as in 「客を持て成す」; about heartfelt hospitality, not routine serving.
- Relatedご馳走ごちそうNeutralTreating someone to a meal or fine food, as in 「ご馳走になる」 — about feeding guests, not serving customers.
- Relatedお構いおかまいNeutralEntertaining or fussing over guests, now mostly in the polite negative 「お構いなく」 — a courteous formula a guest uses to ask the host not to go to any trouble.
- Related遇するぐうするWrittenLiterary verb for treating or receiving a person in general, e.g. with due courtesy; it need not involve food. A written word.
- Related馳走ちそうWrittenOld word for treating someone to food or drink; it can also mean rushing about on errands. Now dated.
- Related饗するきょうするWrittenLiterary verb for feasting or entertaining guests; found in written prose.
- RelatedあしらいNeutralHow one receives or handles people, as in 「客あしらいが丁寧」; also a garnish. The verb 「あしらう」 often implies dealing with someone perfunctorily.
Use 「接客」 for staff serving customers (「接客業」「接客態度」). Say 「応対」 for handling calls and visitors, 「もてなし」 for heartfelt hospitality, 「接遇」 for etiquette-minded reception, and 「ご馳走」 for treating someone to a meal; 「遇する」 is a literary verb for treating a person with courtesy.
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