How to say "guidance" in Japanese

• 案内あんないJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbGuidance in the physical sense of leading the way or showing someone around a place, typically while accompanying them, as when escorting a visitor to a room or showing a guest around.
  ガイドは観光客かんこうきゃくに博物館はくぶつかんの案内あんないをした。↗

  A guide conducted the visitors round the museum.
• 指導しどうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbGuidance as instruction or direction from a teacher, coach, or supervisor who trains and corrects the learner. Use it for a teacher's or mentor's guidance in education, training, or the workplace.
  彼女かのじょはその党とうの指導しどう的てき任務にんむにつくことを承認しょうにんした。↗

  She has consented to take the leadership of the party.
• 誘導ゆうどうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbGuidance as steering or leading people, vehicles, or crowds along a route or toward a destination, rather than teaching them. Typical contexts include directing traffic, guiding people to an exit, and technical induction.
  水先案内人みずさきあんないにんは船ふねを港みなとに誘導ゆうどうする。↗

  A pilot guides the ship toward the port.
• 導きみちびきCommon
  nounGuidance as the act of leading someone toward a destination, goal, or outcome, often in abstract contexts such as fate, faith, or a mentor's influence. Not the word for practical requests like asking the way.
• ガイダンスCommon
  nounThe loanword, used mainly for institutional guidance such as student orientation and advice sessions, and for recorded voice guidance on phones and machines. It is not the word for physically showing someone around.

Choose 案内 for physically showing someone the way or around, 指導 for teaching or mentoring, 誘導 for steering people or traffic along a route, 「導き」 for abstract leading by fate or faith, and 「ガイダンス」 for institutional or recorded guidance.

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• 案内あんないguidance
• 指導しどうguidance
• 誘導ゆうどうguidance
• 導きみちびきguidance
• ガイダンスguidance
• 先導せんどうguidance
• 手引きてびきguidance
• 補導ほどうguidance
• 諭しさとしguidance
• 道案内みちあんないguidance
• 教示きょうじinstruction
• 導しるべguidance
• 教化きょうけguidance
• 導引どういんguidance
• 嚮導きょうどうguidance
• ご案内ごあんないguidance
• 領導りょうどうleadership
• 訓導くんどうinstruction
• 支配しはいdirection
• 舵取りかじとりguidance
• 引き回しひきまわしguidance
• 道芝みちしばguidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love)