来賓|らいひんraihin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounguest; visitor; visitor's arrival

• Synonym賓客ひんきゃくWrittenWritten word for honored or VIP guests, stressing the grand treatment they receive; 「来賓」 points to guests at a ceremony or formal event.
• Synonym客人きゃくじんWrittenA written, old-fashioned word for a guest or visitor; rarely used today.
• SynonymゲストNeutralLoanword for a guest, often one specially invited onto a TV or radio program, as in 「ゲスト出演」.
• Synonym訪客ほうきゃくWrittenWritten and rare; stresses that the person is a visitor, someone who comes to call.
• Relatedお客様おきゃくさまNeutralHonorific for guests and customers; the standard word for customers in business and service settings.
• Relatedお客さんおきゃくさんCasualColloquial and more casual than 「お客様」; used for guests and customers in everyday speech.
• Related招待客しょうたいきゃくNeutralAn invited guest; stresses that the person came in response to an invitation, as to a party or ceremony.
• Antonym主人しゅじんNeutralMaster or head of a household or shop; not a strict opposite of 「来賓」 — the side receiving guests is usually called the organizer.
• Antonym主あるじWrittenAn archaic, literary word for a master or host; contrasts with 「来賓」 only as host to guest, not a true antonym.

Use 「来賓」 for guests at ceremonies and formal events, as in 「来賓席」 and 「来賓祝辞」. For honored or VIP guests say 「賓客」; for a guest on a TV or radio program say 「ゲスト」; for customers in shops and services say 「お客様」 (casually 「お客さん」). 「招待客」 stresses invited guests, and 「主人」/「主」 name the host side rather than the guest.

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1. 賓客ひんかくとして来きた人ひと。