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Is this service called サービス or are there better verbs? e.g. 接する
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What is it called when staff at a clothes shop serves a customer
By far the most commonly-used word would be 「[接客]{せっきゃく}」 for the noun and
「接客する」 for the verb. It is used specifically in business where one serves a
customer.

「[接]{せっ}する」 has a much broader range of meanings and therefore, it is often
used in **_non-business_** situations as well to mean "to meet", "to treat",
"to come into cantact with", etc.

The word 「サービス」 is tricky in that it is **_not_** always used the same way the
word "service" is in English. It can be used to mean 「接客」 but it is also quite
often used to refer to "a **_freebie_** " or "a special discount" of some sort
that a business provides.
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