How to say "distributor" in Japanese

• 取次店とりつぎてんCommon
  nounCovers 'distributor' as a concrete establishment: a shop or business acting as a supplier's agent and handling its goods. Choose this when you mean the outlet or dealership itself, not the act of intermediating.
• 取次ぎとりつぎCommon
  nounPrimarily means intermediation or agency — the act of standing between two parties — or the agent who does it. As 'distributor' it points to the middleman role or function rather than a specific shop or outlet.

Use 取次店 for a distributor as a business outlet handling goods for a supplier, and 「取次ぎ」 for the intermediation itself or the agent standing between supplier and customer.

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• 取次店とりつぎてんagency
• 取次ぎとりつぎagency
• ディストリビューターdistributor
• 卸業者おろしぎょうしゃdistributor (of goods)
• 配信者はいしんしゃdistributor (of information, content, etc.)
• 販社はんしゃsales company
• 特約店とくやくてんagency
• 販売業者はんばいぎょうしゃdealer
• 販売会社はんばいがいしゃsales company
• 取扱店とりあつかいてんstore dealing in a particular item
• 取扱店舗とりあつかいてんぽstore dealing in a particular item
• 特約販売店とくやくはんばいてんagency