desire to travel; wanderlust
A somewhat literary or poetic term for the feeling of wanting to go on a journey.
When spring comes, I get the urge to travel.
彼の話を聞いて、すっかり旅心をそそられた。
Hearing his story really stirred up my desire to travel.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 旅 (tabi, 'journey') and 心 (kokoro, 'heart, mind'), with rendaku voicing of こころ to ごころ. The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the word has been used in classical and literary Japanese to express the inner desire to travel.