loneliness on a journey; travel melancholy
A somewhat literary word for the wistful loneliness felt while traveling, often associated with traditional poetic imagery.
At the station at dusk, I was suddenly seized by a feeling of travel melancholy.
この曲には旅愁が漂っている。
This piece of music is filled with the loneliness of travel.
Compound of 旅 (travel) and 愁 (grief, melancholy). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in classical Japanese poetry and literature.