取次(とりつぎ)

とりつぎ
noun
intermediary; agency; passing on a message
business
1. intermediary; agent; go-between
A person or company that acts as a middleman between two parties, facilitating transactions or communication.
出版(しゅっぱん)取次(とりつぎ)が書店(しょてん)に本(ほん)を届(とど)ける。
The publishing distributor delivers books to bookstores.
この会社(かいしゃ)は海外(かいがい)製品(せいひん)の取次(とりつぎ)をしている。
This company acts as an agent for overseas products.
日本(にほん)の出版(しゅっぱん)業界(ぎょうかい)では、取次(とりつぎ)が出版社(しゅっぱんしゃ)と書店(しょてん)の間(あいだ)を結(むす)ぶ重要(じゅうよう)な役割(やくわり)を果(は)たしている。
In Japan's publishing industry, distributors play an important role connecting publishers and bookstores.
2. passing on a message; relaying a visitor; reception
The act of receiving a visitor or phone call and connecting them to the intended person, or relaying a message between parties.
来客(らいきゃく)の取次(とりつぎ)をお願(ねが)いします。
Please receive the visitor for me.
電話(でんわ)の取次(とりつぎ)をする。
To transfer a phone call.
受付(うけつけ)で取次(とりつぎ)を頼(たの)んだが、担当者(たんとうしゃ)は会議中(かいぎちゅう)で出(で)られなかった。
I asked the reception desk to put me through, but the person in charge was in a meeting and couldn't come out.

From the verb 取(と)り次(つ)ぐ (to relay, to act as intermediary). In the Japanese publishing industry, 取次(とりつぎ) specifically refers to book distributors (wholesalers) that stand between publishers and bookstores — companies like トーハン and 日本出版販売(にっぽんしゅっぱんはんばい) (日販(にっぱん)). In office settings, it refers to the act of receiving visitors or transferring phone calls.

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Compare: 仲介(ちゅうかい) (mediation, brokerage)
Compare: 代理(だいり) (agency, representation)
Compare: 問屋(とんや) (wholesaler)
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