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客
客
9 strokes
Frequency: 557
JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

guest
visitor
customer
client

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
キャク
カク

Common Words

客
きゃく
かく
Freq #1040
1

Common noun

guest; visitor

Examples
夕食にお客を招いていますか。
Do you have guests for dinner?
2

Common noun

customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

Examples
春先だから客もあまりいませんでした。
It was early spring, so there weren't many customers.
3

Counter

counter for containers used to entertain guests

お客さん
おきゃくさん
Noun
Honorific
Freq #2317
1

guest; visitor

Examples
３１８号室のお客さんに持って行ってあげなさい。
Take it to the men in Room 318.
2

customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

お客様
お客さま
おきゃくさま
Noun
Honorific
Freq #3338
1

guest; visitor

2

customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

Examples
お客様のサイズは切らしてしまっているようですが。
I think we're out of your size.
桜
さくら
サクラ
Noun
Freq #3417
1

cherry tree; cherry blossom

Examples
満開をチョイ過ぎた感はありましたが、それでも、美しい桜を満喫してきました。
They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. サクラ; also written as 偽客

fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler

3

Word usually written using kana alone

hired applauder

4

Colloquial

horse meat

観客
かんきゃく
かんかく
Noun
Freq #4942
1

spectator; audience

Examples
観客は彼のホームランに興奮した。
His home run excited the crowd.
客観的
きゃっかんてき
かっかんてき
～な Adj.
Freq #6609
1

objective

Examples
すべての実験には実験環境の整備と、まったく客観的な態度が必要だった。
Every experiment required a protected environment and an entirely objective frame of mind.
来客
らいきゃく
らいかく
Noun
Freq #7373
1

visitor; caller

Examples
今日は来客があります。
I'm expecting a customer today.
乗客
じょうきゃく
じょうかく
Noun
Freq #7806
1

passenger

Examples
乗客はどちらの側にも４人すわっていた。
The passengers sat four aside.
客人
きゃくじん
Noun
Freq #8662
1

caller; visitor; company; guest

Examples
客人たちはその幸せな夫婦が末永く裕福な人生を送る事を祈った。
The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.
刺客
しかく
しきゃく
せっかく
せきかく
Noun
Freq #10276
1

assassin

2

Abbreviation

candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

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