買い手・買手|かいてkaite[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbuyer
   有望ゆうぼうな買い手かいては、契約内容けいやくないようをよく理解りかいできませんでした。↗

   Prospective buyers couldn't make heads or tails out of the contract.

• SynonymバイヤーNeutralA loanword, mostly for a professional buyer or purchasing agent; 「買い手」 is the general word for the buying side of a deal.
• Synonym買い主かいぬしWrittenA written-style word for the buyer, typical of contracts and real-estate transactions.
• Synonym買い方かいかたNeutralWhen read 「かいかた」 it usually means how to buy something; its buyer sense is rare, and the two senses of this one form are easy to mix up.
• SynonymカスタマーNeutralA loanword for customer, seen mostly in set phrases like 「カスタマーサービス」.
• Synonym購入者こうにゅうしゃNeutralThe person who bought a product or service; more formal and bureaucratic than 「買い手」.
• Synonym購買者こうばいしゃWrittenA written term for a buyer, typical of consumer statistics and market analysis.
• Relatedお客様おきゃくさまFormalThe most polite way for a shop to address its customers; 「買い手」 simply names one side of a transaction.
• Related取引先とりひきさきNeutralA company one has business dealings with; it covers both the buying and the selling side.
• Related客きゃくNeutralThe broadest term: a guest or customer of any kind, not limited to someone buying things.
• Related顧客こきゃくNeutralA business-oriented word for customers or clients, as in 「顧客満足」.
• Related得意先とくいさきNeutralA long-standing regular customer, often a company, that a shop does steady business with.
• RelatedクライアントNeutralA loanword for a client or patron, common in fields like advertising and law.
• Relatedお客さんおきゃくさんNeutralA friendly way to refer to a customer, more casual than 「お客様」.
• Related客筋きゃくすじNeutralThe clientele or customer base as a whole, as in 「客筋がいい」; it focuses on the type of customers rather than one buyer.
• Related得意客とくいきゃくNeutralA familiar regular who comes and buys often; it stresses the close relationship rather than one side of a deal.
• Antonym売り手うりてNeutralThe antonym: the selling side of a transaction, as in 「売り手市場」.

Use 「買い手」 for the buying side of a transaction, as in 「買い手市場」. In a shop, address customers as 「お客様」; for business customers say 「顧客」 or 「取引先」, and for a professional buyer 「バイヤー」. The opposite is 「売り手」. The other words cover special cases: regulars (「得意先」), clientele (「客筋」), and formal or written terms like 「購入者」 and 「買い主」.

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1. 売買ばいばいで買かう方かたの側がわ。