I hear the word for what I assume is customer on phone messages and by employees to patrons.
I hear the word sounds like "ogeck" to me I know that isn't how its really spelled though.

I assume is some form of generic honorific for customers since I hear store employees calling customers this and also in cell phone messages can anyone give me the direct spelling, kanji, and literal translation please.

On a side note I'm learning a lot of my Japanese(Nihongo, I think that's the proper way) from anime so its possible its not a normal course word.

Question

I hear the word for what I assume is customer on phone messages and by employees to patrons.
I hear the word sounds like "ogeck" to me I know that isn't how its really spelled though.

I assume is some form of generic honorific for customers since I hear store employees calling customers this and also in cell phone messages can anyone give me the direct spelling, kanji, and literal translation please.

On a side note I'm learning a lot of my Japanese(Nihongo, I think that's the proper way) from anime so its possible its not a normal course word.

Answer

I'm thinking it is お客様 (okyaku-sama)- it just means "honored guest". While I can't be sure what you heard is what I wrote, I'm pretty sure if it is at the front of the sentence, that would have been it.

Whatever it is, it definitely isn't お元気ですか (ogenki-desuka)- "How have you been?"

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