A portable telephone 10 comprises: focus state judging means 30 for judging whether or not an image captured from a camera 12 is in a focus state; focus state display means 31 for indicating both the focus state and a focus direction with the LED 13 and/or through the speaker 14; focus state storage means 32 for storing the temporal progress of the focus states of images obtained by the focus state judging means 30 with the temporal progress of the captured images; focus direction judging means 33 for judging a focus direction from the temporal progress of the focus states obtained by the focus state storage means 32; display sections 15 and 16 for displaying character information, image information, and the focus state; an LED 13 for displaying the focus state by emitting light; and a speaker 14 for informing about the focus state with voice or sound. By this configuration, this invention can provide a focus state display, a portable terminal device, an information indication program, and a recording medium that stores the program each of which makes it possible for a user to judge the focus state of a camera easily and enables easy confirmation and adjustment of the focus.