来客|らいきゃくraikyaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounvisitor; caller
   今日きょうは来客らいきゃくがあります。↗

   I'm expecting a customer today.

• Synonym訪問者ほうもんしゃWrittenWritten-style word for a visitor, focusing on the person who comes calling; also used for website visitors.
• SynonymビジターNeutralLoanword for a visitor; mostly the visiting team in sports or a website visitor, as in 「ビジターチーム」.
• Synonym来訪者らいほうしゃWrittenWritten-style term for a caller, used when visitors are registered and received, as in 「来訪者名簿」.
• Relatedお客様おきゃくさまNeutralHonorific for a guest or customer; the most common choice in shops and other service settings.
• Related賓客ひんきゃくWrittenA guest of honor treated with special ceremony; grander and more prestigious than an ordinary 「来客」.
• Related観光客かんこうきゃくNeutralA tourist — someone who comes to sightsee, not a guest calling at your door.
• Relatedお客さんおきゃくさんCasualCasual, friendly word for a guest or customer; its range is wider than 「来客」, taking in shoppers, clients and more.
• Related訪客ほうきゃくWrittenWritten and rarely used; essentially the same meaning as 「来客」.
• Related来者らいしゃWrittenWritten word for someone who comes visiting, but also one's junior or the future; rare today — say 「来客」 in daily speech.
• Related来遊者らいゆうしゃWrittenWritten, rarely used word for someone who comes to enjoy themselves or sightsee; 「来客」 stresses a guest calling at your door.
• Related訪問客ほうもんきゃくWrittenA descriptive way of saying 'visiting guest'; roughly synonymous with 「来客」.
• Antonym主人しゅじんNeutralThe master of a house or shop, the counterpart of the visiting guest, as in 「家の主人」.
• Antonym主あるじWrittenAn archaic, elegant word for a host or proprietor, contrasted with the guest, as in 「店の主」.
• Antonym亭主ていしゅNeutralThe host or master of a house or shop — also a husband; the counterpart of the visiting guest.

Use 「来客」 for a guest calling at your home or office, as in 「来客中」 or 「来客用駐車場」. Say 「お客様」 for the honorific, 「来訪者」 for visitors signed in at reception, and 「観光客」 for sightseers. The opposites are 「主人」 and 「亭主」.

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1. 訪たずねてきた客きゃく。