依頼人

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 依頼人, read いらいにん, combines commission or request 依頼 with person 人 as a role in a client relationship.
• Basic usage: It denotes the person who commissions work from a professional, as in 依頼人から時計を預かる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • The role is opposite to the person accepting the work and focuses on a specific commission relationship rather than any service user.