Translation guide
A travel guide can refer to a book, a person, or a digital resource that provides information for travelers. This entry covers how to express these concepts naturally in Japanese.
travel guide (book)
travel guide (person)
ツアーガイド is specifically a tour guide.
A book or publication with travel information, maps, and recommendations.
A person who leads or advises travelers, such as a professional guide.
Can also mean a person who guides travelers. Context usually clarifies whether it's a book or a person.
The travel guide explained the history in detail.
Specifically a tour guide, often for group tours. More precise than 旅行ガイド when referring to a person.
A more traditional or formal term for a guide, often used for local guides or in historical contexts.
A website, app, or digital resource providing travel information.
旅行ガイド is the most versatile, covering both books and people. ガイドブック is strictly a book. ツアーガイド is strictly a person leading a tour. Use context to clarify.
read a travel guide / ask a travel guide
案内人 sounds formal or old-fashioned. In modern conversation, ガイド or ツアーガイド is preferred for a person.
A common loanword for guidebook, often used interchangeably with 旅行ガイド. Slightly more specific to books.
This guidebook lists recommended restaurants.
I found an old travel guidebook in the library.
The tour guide walked at the front holding a flag.
A local guide showed us the mountain path.
I checked reviews on a travel guide website.