嚮きょう導どう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

guidance; leading the way; conducting

Formal or literary term for guiding or leading a group, often in a strategic or ceremonial context. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

• 彼かれは登と山ざん隊たいの嚮きょう導どうを務つとめた。

  He served as the guide for the mountaineering party.

• 式しき典てんでは、先せん輩ぱいが新しん入にゅう生せいを嚮きょう導どうする役やく割わりを担になった。

  At the ceremony, the senior students took on the role of guiding the new students.

noun

leader; guide (person)

Formal or literary noun for a person who leads or guides. Rare in everyday speech; more common synonyms are 案内者 or 指導者.

• 彼かれは我われ々われの嚮きょう導どうとして、安あん全ぜんな道みちを選えらんでくれた。

  As our guide, he chose a safe path for us.

noun

guide (military)

Military term for a guide, such as a soldier who leads a unit or a local guide used in operations. Domain-specific and rare outside military contexts.

• 部ぶ隊たいは現げん地ちの嚮きょう導どうの助たすけを借かりて密みつ林りんを進すすんだ。

  The unit advanced through the jungle with the help of a local guide.