千客万来

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Japanese

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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

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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

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  • (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): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲa̠kɯ̟bã̠n̺ɾa̠i]

Noun

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千(せん)客(きゃく)万(ばん)来(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
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