How to say "producer" in Japanese

• メーカーJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounHere 'producer' means a manufacturing company, especially a major one; think of firms that make cars or electronics. It is not the word for someone producing a film or TV show.
  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.
• プロデューサーCommon
  nounThe word for the entertainment sense: a producer of films, TV shows and similar productions, the person who oversees the making of one. This is not about manufacturing companies.
• 生産者せいさんしゃCommon
  nounThe producer in the economic sense: a person or organization that makes or grows goods, such as farmers and growers. Common in economic and agricultural writing about who produces what.

Use 「プロデューサー」 for the film, TV and similar entertainment sense, 「メーカー」 for a manufacturing company, and 生産者 for the party that makes or grows goods in economic or agricultural contexts.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• メーカーmanufacturer (esp. a major company)
• プロデューサーproducer (film, TV, etc.)
• 生産者せいさんしゃproducer
• ＰＤピー・ディーproducer (film, TV, etc.)
• 生産側非同期手続きせいさんがわひどうきてつづきproducer
• 制作者せいさくしゃproducer (of film, theatre, TV, etc.)
• 座元ざもとtheater proprietor
• 製作者せいさくしゃmaker
• 製造者せいぞうしゃmanufacturer
• 企画者きかくしゃ(event) planner
• 興行主こうぎょうぬしshowman
• トラックメーカーbeatmaker
• Ｐピーproducer