How to Say ‘Technician / repair person.’ in Japanese
業者さん
gyousha san
[gyoh-shah sahn]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding [さん] makes it more human/polite: “Mr./Ms. Contractor.” Common in service contexts.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japanese uses respectful suffixes even for unknown service staff. [業者さん] sounds friendlier than just [業者].
Phrase Breakdown
業者
gyousha
[gyoh-shah]
the contractor (polite/friendly)
Adding さん makes it more polite when referring to a worker/repair person.
業者さんに一度見てもらいました。
I had the contractor take a look once.
さん
san
[sahn]
Mr./Ms.; polite title
Honorific suffix used to be polite when talking about people (業者さん, 大家さん).
業者さんが来る時間を教えてください。
Please tell me what time the contractor will come.
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