Translation guide
A dog trained to help a person with a disability. In Japanese, the term is often expressed by specifying the type of assistance (guide, hearing, service) or using the broader term 補助犬.
Referring to any dog trained to assist a person with a disability, without specifying the type.
The most common general term for an assistance dog, covering guide dogs, hearing dogs, and service dogs.
Assistance dogs are allowed in public places.
Often used specifically for mobility or physical assistance dogs, but can be used broadly. Note that legally, 介助犬 refers to dogs trained for people with physical disabilities.
A dog trained to guide people who are blind or visually impaired.
The standard term for a guide dog for the blind.
Guide dogs remember traffic lights.
A dog trained to alert people who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds.
The standard term for a hearing dog.
Hearing dogs alert to the sound of the phone.
A dog trained to perform tasks for a person with a physical disability other than blindness or deafness.
Legally defined as a dog that assists people with physical disabilities. This is the precise term in the context of Japan's Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons.
Service dogs pick up objects and open doors.
Japan's Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons (身体障害者補助犬法) recognizes three types: 盲導犬 (guide dogs), 介助犬 (service dogs for physical disabilities), and 聴導犬 (hearing dogs). The general term 補助犬 covers all three.
介助犬は車椅子の人のためにドアを開けます。
Service dogs open doors for people in wheelchairs.