案内

あんないする · annaisuru · JLPT N4 · noun

guidance

🗺️ 案内 = plan (案) + inside (内): guidance takes you inside the plan

案 means a plan or proposal, 内 means inside. To guide someone is to lead them inside the plan, showing what is there. Sound hook: annai is close to an eye, and a guide lends you an eye for the place.

内 — enclosure 冂 + enter 入
内 originally depicted something entering (入) into an enclosed space (冂), giving the core sense of 'inside' or 'within'. The pictographic image of going into a covered area extended naturally to meanings like inner, internal, and inland. It contrasts with 外 ('outside').

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