案内書|あんないしょannaisho

1. nounguidebook; guide
   観光かんこう案内あんない書しょをもらえますか。↗

   Would you give me some travel brochures from your country?

• Synonym手引書てびきしょWrittenA manual for methods and procedures, leaning toward operational instructions; also a primer. 「案内書」 mostly introduces places or gives an introduction.
• Synonym必携ひっけいWrittenSomething one is required to have on hand; also an indispensable handbook, often in titles like 「〜必携」. 「案内書」 carries no sense of being essential.
• SynonymガイドブックNeutralA guide to travel destinations, events or facilities; the everyday default, and almost interchangeable with 「案内書」 in its sightseeing sense.
• SynonymガイドNeutralMainly a person, a tour guide, though it also covers a guidebook; a common loanword in daily use. 「案内書」 can only be the book.
• Related手引きてびきNeutralCan mean an introductory guidebook, but also the act of leading someone by the hand or arranging introductions — a wider range than 「案内書」.
• Related案内あんないNeutralGuiding, introducing or informing, chiefly the act itself and not tied to book form; 「案内書」 is specifically a guide written up as a book.
• Related便覧びんらんWrittenA written-register compilation for quick reference, e.g. 「学生便覧」; 「案内書」 instead focuses on introducing and explaining.
• Related道しるべみちしるべNeutralLiterally a roadside signpost; figuratively a guide for life or study, even a manual, but not specifically a book. 「案内書」 is a concrete book.
• Related便利帳べんりちょうNeutralA handy booklet collecting practical information for daily life; 「案内書」 is more about introducing a place or the basics of a subject.
• Related指南書しなんしょWrittenA written-register book explaining how to do things, with a flavor of teaching skills; 「案内書」 leans instead toward introducing a place or the basics of a subject.

For travel guides, everyday speech is 「ガイドブック」; in written or formal prose, guides and primers take 「案内書」. Use 「手引書」 for how-to and procedure manuals, 「便覧」 for quick-reference compilations. 「案内」 is the act of guiding, and 「道しるべ」 a signpost or figurative guide.

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1. ある事柄ことがらの初歩しょほについて解説かいせつした書物しょもつ。入門書にゅうもんしょ。
2. ある土地とち、地域ちいきの観光かんこうなどについて解説かいせつした書物しょもつ。ガイドブック。