How to say "maker" in Japanese

• メーカーJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'maker' as a manufacturing company, especially a large one producing cars, electronics, and similar goods. Use it when asking which company made a product or talking about the firm that produces it.
  そのテレビのメーカーは日本にっぽんの企業きぎょうである。↗

  The manufacturer of the television set is a Japanese company.
• 生産者せいさんしゃCommon
  nounCovers 'maker' as the producer of something — the person or party on the producing side. With its 'grower' sense it fits people who raise crops or make food, wine, and similar products.
• 業者ぎょうしゃJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounSeldom the word you want for 'maker': it really means a trader, dealer, or businessperson — a company in some line of trade — so it fits a firm you buy from or hire, not a maker.
  あぶく銭ぜにを稼かせごうとする開発業者かいはつぎょうしゃたちよ。↗

  They're some developers who aim to make a fast buck!
• 工作員こうさくいんCommon
  nounAlthough glossed 'maker; builder; constructor', this is seldom the word you want for 'maker': it really means an agent or operative, someone sent to do covert work, not a person who makes things.

Use 「メーカー」 for a manufacturing company, especially a large one, and 生産者 for a producer or grower of goods; 業者 really means a trader or dealer and 工作員 an operative, so neither is normally the word for 'maker'.

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• メーカーmanufacturer (esp. a major company)
• 生産者せいさんしゃproducer
• 業者ぎょうしゃtrader
• 作り手つくりてmaker
• 製作者せいさくしゃmaker
• 造り主つくりぬしmaker
• 製造者せいぞうしゃmanufacturer
• 製造元せいぞうもとmanufacturer
• 造物主ぞうぶつしゅCreator (of all things)
• 作業者さぎょうしゃoperator
• 製造業者せいぞうぎょうしゃmanufacturer
• 製造機せいぞうきmanufacturing equipment
• 制作者せいさくしゃproducer (of film, theatre, TV, etc.)
• 工作員こうさくいんmaker