How to say "usher" in Japanese

• アッシャー
  nounThe direct borrowing of English 'usher': someone who shows guests to their seats at a wedding, theater, or similar event. As a loanword it is less common.
• 案内係あんないがかり
  nounA staff member whose job is guiding people — the native word for an usher who shows guests to their seats at a wedding or theater — and also information-desk personnel.
  私の仕事しごとは博物館はくぶつかんの案内あんない係かかりです。↗

  I work as a museum attendant.
• 案内者あんないしゃ
  nounLiterally 'a person who guides'; in practice it reads as the generic word 'guide', and it is seldom the word you want for 'usher' — reach for it only when you mean a guide.
  不運ふうんにも案内者あんないしゃが道みちをまちがえた。↗

  Unfortunately the guide went wrong.
• 廷吏ていり
  nounStrictly a court term: an officer of the court — attendant, clerk, or bailiff — corresponding to the 'usher' of a courtroom, not to an usher at a wedding or theater.

For an usher who seats or guides people at events, use 案内係 (or the loanword 「アッシャー」); 廷吏 is only for the court-official sense of 'usher', and 案内者 is really just 'guide' and rarely fits.

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

• アッシャーusher
• 案内係あんないがかりinformation desk personnel
• 案内者あんないしゃguide
• 廷吏ていりcourt attendant