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)
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.
Our policy is to satisfy our customers.
Passengers going to the Chuo Line, please change trains at the next stop.