How to Say ‘Young customers’ in Japanese
若いお客さん
wakai o kyaku san
[wah-KAH-ee oh KYAH-koo sahn]
🇯🇵 In Japan: Customers are お客さん "honored guests", never a plain word for "buyer". Even internally, staff refer to them with this respect.
Phrase Breakdown
若い
wakai
[wah-KAH-ee]
young
Adjective describing someone of young age.
若い人が多い会社です。
It's a company with many young people.
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix used in polite expressions
The polite prefix お makes the following word sound more courteous.
お願いできますか。
Could you please do that?
客
kyaku
[KYAH-koo]
customer; guest
Kanji for customer or visitor; with お and さん it becomes the polite word for customers.
お客さんが来ました。
A customer came.
さん
san
[sahn]
(polite suffix in お客さん)
Polite suffix attached to nouns for people, like customers.
お客さんが来ました。
A customer has come.
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