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<k_ele>
<keb>お客様は神様</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>お客さまは神様</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>お客さまは神さま</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>お客様は神さま</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>御客様は神様</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>おきゃくさまはかみさま</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>the customer is always right</gloss>
<gloss>the customer is king</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-08-27 09:02:25" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Well-known phrase, even reasonably known in English (and I’ve heard it a few times in Japanese) re: Japanese hospitality.
Apparently coined 1961 by enka singer 三波春 and popularized by comedy group レツゴー三匹.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Genius
330,000 お客様は神様です
 19,300 御客様は神様です
ja:WP 三波春夫 お客様は神様です
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/三波春夫#.E3.81.8A.E5.AE.A2.E6.A7.98.E3.81.AF.E7.A5.9E.E6.A7.98.E3.81.A7.E3.81.99</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-08-27 10:33:16" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_detl>maybe skip the "です"?
"お客様は神様”　-"お客様は神様です”　 832,000 results 
(includes hits for stuff like "お客様は神様でない" too though of 
course)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>eプログレッシブ英和中辞典:
"The customer is always right.
お客の言うことはいつも正しい；お客様は神様."
_____
ニューセンチュリー和英辞典:
"お客様は神様です
Customers are all."</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-08-27 22:50:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"king" is more the English idiom. です is fine.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 (has it 3 times in examples)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,1 +16,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;the customer is god&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;the customer is king&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-09 07:36:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Proverb, right?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-09 21:03:29" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I suppose so.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-30 22:36:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>です is "fine" but dropping it would allow more people to find the entry, supposedly.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>お客様は神様です	32060	37.8%
お客様は神様	52654	62.2%</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;御客様は神様です&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;御客様は神様でづ&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-01 20:26:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think it's better without です.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -5 +5 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;お客様は神様です&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;お客様は神様&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;御客様は神様でづ&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;御客様は神様&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;おきゃくさまはかみさまです&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;おきゃくさまはかみさま&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-01 20:36:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>〈御／お〉〈客／きゃく〉〈様／さま〉は〈神／かみ〉〈様／さま〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ お客様は神様　　　　　 │ 52,654 │ 94.3% │
│ お客さまは神様　　　　 │  2,298 │  4.1% │ - add, sK
│ お客さまは神さま　　　 │    402 │  0.7% │ - add, sK
│ お客様は神さま　　　　 │    293 │  0.5% │ - add, sK
│ 御客様は神様　　　　　 │    118 │  0.2% │
│ お客様はかみさま　　　 │     32 │  0.1% │
│ おきゃくさまは神様　　 │     24 │  0.0% │
│ おきゃくさまはかみさま │      0 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,12 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;お客さまは神様&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;お客さまは神さま&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;お客様は神さま&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-01 22:14:35" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>