How to say "notebook" in Japanese

• ノートJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe default word for a notebook you write in: a school exercise book or copy-book, for taking notes in class or doing homework.
  彼女かのじょは本ほんの絵えをノートに書き移かきうつした。↗

  She transferred the picture in the book to her notebook.
• 手帳てちょうJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounA small personal notebook kept on one's person and used like a pocket diary, mainly for appointments, schedules and brief memos rather than for school notes.
  腰こしを下おろし、手帳てちょうを開ひらきました。↗

  I sat down and opened my notebook.
• メモ帳メモちょうCommon
  nounA pad or small book for jotting down quick memos and reminders; it suggests casual note-taking rather than a notebook kept for schoolwork or a diary.
• 冊子さっしCommon
  nounThis really means a booklet, pamphlet or other small printed publication; it is seldom the word you want when you mean a notebook to write in.

Use 「ノート」 for a notebook you write in, 手帳 for a small personal pocket diary, 「メモ帳」 for a memo pad, and avoid 冊子, which really means a printed booklet rather than a notebook.

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• ノートnotebook
• 手帳てちょうnotebook
• メモ帳メモちょうmemo book
• 冊子さっしbook
• ノートブックnotebook
• 帳面ちょうめんnotebook
• サブノートnotebook (for classroom use)
• 雑記帳ざっきちょうnotebook
• 備忘録びぼうろくnotebook
• 筆記帳ひっきちょうnotebook
• 控え帳ひかえちょうnotebook
• ノーパソlaptop (computer)
• 簿冊ぼさつ(bound) book
• ノートパソコンlaptop (computer)
• ノート型コンピュータノートがたコンピュータnotebook computer
• 草紙そうしnotebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)