Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 客引き(きゃくひき) in Japanese

客引き
Kana Reading
きゃくひき
Romaji
kyakuhiki
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    touting; tout; barker; pander; customer puller
    Example sentence
    空港には数百台のタクシーがいて、皆客引きしていた。 There were hundreds of taxis at the airport, all touting for business.

Examples of 客引き, きゃくひき in a sentence

Kanji in this word

客 JLPT 3

9 strokes

guest, visitor, customer, client

On'Yomi: キャク, カク

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引 JLPT 4

4 strokes

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける

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