おきゃくさま
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. guest; visitor
2. customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
Pitch accent
きゃくさ
きゃくさま
きゃくさま
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
the customer is always right; the customer is king
customer service office; CSO
customer appreciation day (retail sales day)
customer copy (of a receipt, etc.)
Examples (5 in total)
We have a parking lot for the customers.
I serve pub food to Canadian customers.
These convenient goods will meet our customers' demands.