旅たび人びと

also: りょじん · たびと · たひと

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

General term for a person on a journey; can be used for tourists, wanderers, or anyone traveling. The reading たびびと is the modern standard.

〈人ひと〉が旅たび人びとをもてなすfor someone to warmly host/welcome a traveler
村むら人びとたちは疲つかれた旅たび人びとを温あたたかくもてなした。
The villagers warmly welcomed the tired traveler.
旅たび人びとが道みちに迷まようfor a traveler to lose their way
見み知しらぬ土と地ちで旅たび人びとは道みちに迷まよってしまった。
The traveler got lost in an unfamiliar land.
旅たび人びとに道みちを尋たずねられるto be asked for directions by a traveler
駅えき前まえで旅たび人びとに道みちを尋たずねられた。
I was asked for directions by a traveler in front of the station.

旅りょ行こう者しゃ
旅行者 is the neutral, official term for a traveler used in statistics and formal contexts, while 旅人 carries a more poetic or literary feel.
観かん光こう客きゃくN3
観光客 specifically means a sightseeing tourist, while 旅人 is broader and can describe any kind of wanderer, not just a sightseer.
旅りょ客かくN1
旅客 is a formal, bureaucratic term used for passengers in transport contexts (e.g. 旅客機), whereas 旅人 evokes a lone traveler on a journey.
放ほう浪ろう者しゃ
放浪者 emphasizes aimless wandering or vagrancy, while 旅人 simply means someone on a trip, with no implication of homelessness.
ボイジャー
旅人 is the plain, everyday Japanese word for a traveler, while ボイジャー carries a foreign, literary, or space-exploration flavor.

住じゅう民みんN3
住民 is a local resident who lives permanently in a place, the opposite of 旅人, who is only passing through.

Compound of 旅 (tabi, 'journey') and 人 (hito, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of 人 to びと. The reading たびびと is the standard modern form.