問屋|とんやton'ya[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
   そうは問屋とんやがおろさないぞ。↗

   You won't get it so easily.

• Synonym卸し問屋おろしどんやNeutralSame meaning as 「問屋」 but more explicit; 「問屋」 is the more common word and also appears in the figurative phrase 「そうは問屋が卸さない」.
• Synonym卸商おろししょうWrittenA written/formal term for a wholesale dealer; 「問屋」 is the more traditional and widely used word.
• Synonym卸売業者おろしうりぎょうしゃWrittenA written/formal term typical of statistics and legal texts; 「問屋」 is the more traditional, colloquial choice.
• Synonym卸商人WrittenA written, explanatory expression for a wholesale merchant; rare — 「問屋」 is the usual word.
• Antonym小売こうりNeutralRetail, the opposite of the wholesale 「問屋」.

For a wholesaler or wholesale store say 「問屋」, as in 「問屋街」; the explicit term is 「卸問屋」, and 「卸売業者」 is the term used in statistics and legal writing. Retail is 「小売」.

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1. 生産せいさんや製造せいぞうする者ものから商品しょうひん（製品せいひん）を小売業こうりぎょうなどに販売はんばいする事業者じぎょうしゃ。