Illustration: A newcomer pauses just inside a small neighborhood sushi shop, holding a closed umbrella and looking uncertainly between the counter and the umbrella stand.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち見げん

ichigen

first visit without an introduction

一見さん means a first-time customer. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あの店みせ、一見いちげんさんでも入いれるのかな。

    I wonder if that restaurant accepts unfamiliar customers.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 京都きょうとのお茶屋ちゃやは特とくに紹介しょうかいがなければ入いれない、一見いちげんさんお断ことわりとする店みせも多おおい。

    However, many chaya in Kyoto refuse first-time customers, saying that customers without introduction from somebody are not allowed to enter their facilities.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. いわゆる「一見いちげんさんお断ことわり」である。

    This is what’s known as a “no first-time customers” policy.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 一見

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる

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