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旅先 (たびさき, tabisaki) Japanese meaning: destination | Kotomora

旅たび先さき

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

destination; place one stays during a trip

Refers to the place you are traveling to or where you are staying while traveling. Often used in contexts like sending souvenirs or describing experiences away from home.

旅たび先さきから家か族ぞくに絵え葉は書がきを送おくった。

I sent a picture postcard to my family from my travel destination.

旅たび先さきで美味おいしい地じ元もと料りょう理りを食たべるのが楽たのしみだ。

I look forward to eating delicious local food at the places I visit.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で〈事こと〉をするto do something at one's travel destination
旅たび先さきで温おん泉せんに入はいるのが楽たのしみだ。
I'm looking forward to soaking in a hot spring at my travel destination.
〈場ば所しょ〉から〈物もの〉を送おくるto send something from one's travel destination
旅たび先さきから家か族ぞくに絵えはがきを送おくった。
I sent a postcard to my family from my travel destination.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈人ひと〉に出で会あうto meet someone while traveling
旅たび先さきで偶ぐう然ぜん、昔むかしの友ゆう人じんに出で会あった。
I happened to meet an old friend at my travel destination.

Kanji

旅trip, travel
先before, ahead, previous

Related words

旅りょ行こう先さき
旅先 often suggests a personal, everyday trip and where one stays, while 旅行先 is the more formal, general term for any travel destination.
目もく的てき地ちN1
旅先 specifically means the place one is at during a trip, whereas 目的地 is a broader term for the destination of any journey or goal, travel-related or not.

Don't confuse with

行いき先さきN3
行き先 is a general term for wherever one is headed (work, errands, etc.), while 旅先 specifically refers to a place visited during a trip.

Built from

旅たび+先さき

Etymology

Compound of 旅 (tabi, 'travel') and 先 (saki, 'destination' or 'ahead'). The reading たびさき is a straightforward combination of the two elements.