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Meanings
1
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer
General business term for a person or company that produces goods, especially agricultural or manufactured products.
Producers in this region grow high-quality rice.
Buying vegetables directly from the producer is cheaper.
2
Ecology term for an organism that produces its own food, such as plants and algae.
In the food chain, plants are the producers.
Usage patterns
- 生産者から直接〈物〉を買うto buy something directly from the producer
I buy these vegetables directly from the producer.
- 地元の生産者を支えるto support local producers
More people are buying vegetables at farm stands to support local producers.
- 生産者の顔が見えるto know who produced the item (food traceability)
You can shop with confidence when you know who produced the item.