ハンディムック

noun

handy mook; small cheap magazine-style book

A wasei-eigo term for a compact, affordable book that resembles a magazine in layout and content, often on a specific topic. Related to ムック (mook).

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from handy mook

See also: ムック

• 旅りょ行こう前まえにハンディムックで現げん地ちの情じょう報ほうを集あつめた。

  Before the trip, I gathered local information with a handy mook.

• このハンディムックはカフェ巡めぐりに便べん利りだ。

  This handy mook is useful for café hopping.