千客万来

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
千 客 万 来
せん
Grade: 1 		きゃく
Grade: 3 		ばん
Grade: 2 		らい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
千客萬來 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

From 千(せん) (sen, “thousand”) + 客(きゃく) (kyaku, “guest; customer”) + 万(ばん) (ban, “myriad, ten thousand”) + 来(らい) (rai, “come”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) せんきゃくばんらい [sèńkyákúbáńráí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) せ​んきゃくばんらい [séꜜǹkyàkùbàǹràì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝbã̠nɾa̠i]

Noun[edit]

千(せん)客(きゃく)万(ばん)来(らい) • (senkyakubanrai) 

  1. endless arrival of customers

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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