生産者|せいさんしゃseisansha

1. noun, businessproducer; grower; maker; manufacturer
2. noun, ecologyproducer (in a food chain)

• SynonymメーカーNeutralA loanword meaning manufacturer or maker, usually a large industrial company; not used for farmers or growers.
• Synonym製作者せいさくしゃNeutralSomeone who makes things or produces film and TV works, as in 「番組製作者」.
• Synonym製造業者せいぞうぎょうしゃNeutralAn industrial manufacturer; the word has a legal or administrative flavor and is not used for growers of farm produce.
• Antonym消費者しょうひしゃNeutralA consumer who buys and uses products; the direct counterpart of 「生産者」.

Use 「生産者」 for growers of farm products and producers of goods, as in 「生産者の顔が見える野菜」. For industrial manufacturers, 「メーカー」 is the usual word, and it pairs with 「消費者」.

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1. 商品しょうひんを生産せいさんする人ひと。
2. 生態系せいたいけいにおいて、無機むき物ものから有機物ゆうきぶつを作り出つくりだす生物せいぶつ。主おもに植物しょくぶつのこと。