千客万来

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
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

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From (せん) (sen, thousand) + (きゃく) (kyaku, guest; customer) + (ばん) (ban, myriad, ten thousand) + (らい) (rai, come).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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(せん)(きゃく)(ばん)(らい) (senkyakubanrai

  1. endless arrival of customers

References

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