How to say "booklet" in Japanese

• 冊子さっしCommon
  nounA general word for a bound publication, so it covers 'booklet' alongside 'book' and 'pamphlet'; a safe choice for a small bound booklet such as one handed out at an event.
• ブックレットCommon
  nounThe loanword for 'booklet' itself: a small, thin publication with a paper cover and relatively few pages, used for informational or promotional booklets and for the insert in a CD case.
• 小冊子しょうさっしCommon
  nounLiterally a 'small booklet': the same idea as 冊子 with the smallness made explicit, so it fits a thin pamphlet-like booklet of few pages, such as one distributed to the public.
  この小冊子しょうさっしは無料むりょうだ。↗

  This booklet is free of charge.

冊子 is the general term for a bound booklet or small book, 「ブックレット」 is the direct loanword for a small thin booklet, and 小冊子 explicitly stresses the booklet's small size.

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• 冊子さっしbook
• ブックレットbooklet
• 小冊子しょうさっしbooklet
• 仮綴本かりとじほんbooklet
• 小冊しょうさつpamphlet