珍客

Readings

Kana: ちんきゃく、ちんかく

Romaji: chinkyaku, chinkaku

Definition

noun

1

welcome visitor; rare guest

Kanji

珍

Readings: チン、 めずら.しい、 たから

Meanings: rare, curious, strange

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client

Example Sentences

珍客(ちんきゃく)も３日(にち)いれば鼻(はな)につく。

➥Even a rare guest wears out his welcome after three days.

しかし僕(ぼく)だけではなく、もうひとり—いや、もう一(いち)匹(ひき)の珍客(ちんきゃく)がいたらしい。

➥However it was not just me, there was one more person, no, one more creature visiting.