旅たび立だつ

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旅立つ · godan verb (-tsu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	旅たび立だつ	旅たび立だたない
Polite	旅たび立だちます	旅たび立だちません
Past polite	旅たび立だちました	旅たび立だちませんでした
Past	旅たび立だった	旅たび立だたなかった
Te-form	旅たび立だって	旅たび立だたないで
Desire	旅たび立だちたい	旅たび立だちたくない
Potential	旅たび立だてる	旅たび立だてない
Passive	旅たび立だたれる	旅たび立だたれない
Causative	旅たび立だたせる	旅たび立だたせない
Causative passive	旅たび立だたせられるalso 旅たび立だたされる	旅たび立だたせられないalso 旅たび立だたされない
Volitional	旅たび立だとう
Polite volitional	旅たび立だちましょう
Imperative	旅たび立だて	旅たび立だつな
Conditional	旅たび立だてば	旅たび立だたなければ
Tara conditional	旅たび立だったら	旅たび立だたなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

set off on a journey; depart

Used for starting a trip or journey, often with a sense of purpose or a new chapter. Can be literal travel or a figurative new beginning.

彼かれは新あたらしい人じん生せいを求もとめて故こ郷きょうを旅たび立だった。
He left his hometown to seek a new life.
明日あした、ヨーロッパへ旅たび立だちます。
I'm setting off for Europe tomorrow.

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

pass away; depart this life

Euphemistic or literary expression for dying, likening death to a journey. Less direct than 死ぬ.

祖そ父ふは安やすらかに旅たび立だった。
My grandfather passed away peacefully.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉へ旅たび立だつto set off/depart for a place
彼かれは新あたらしい生せい活かつを求もとめてアメリカへ旅たび立だった。
He set off for America in search of a new life.
天てん国ごくへ旅たび立だつto pass away (lit. depart for heaven)
祖そ母ぼは静しずかに天てん国ごくへ旅たび立だった。
My grandmother peacefully passed away.
新あらたな〈事こと〉へ旅たび立だつto embark on a new stage of life
卒そつ業ぎょう生せいたちは新あらたな人じん生せいへ旅たび立だっていった。
The graduates set off into a new chapter of their lives.
一ひと人りで旅たび立だつto set off alone
彼かの女じょは誰だれにも告つげずに一人ひとりで旅たび立だった。
She set off alone without telling anyone.

Kanji

旅trip, travel
立stand up, rise, set up

Related words

出しゅっ発ぱつN4sense 1
出発 is the general, neutral noun/verb for 'departure', while 旅立つ specifically evokes setting off on a journey with emotional or life-changing weight.
死しぬN5sense 2
死ぬ is the blunt, neutral word for 'to die', while 旅立つ is a softer, euphemistic way of describing death as departing on a journey.
発たつN2sense 1
発つ is a plain, common verb for leaving on a trip, whereas 旅立つ adds a literary, often symbolic sense of embarking on a new chapter.
亡なくなるN4sense 2
亡くなる is the standard polite euphemism for dying, whereas 旅立つ is more poetic and literary, likening death to setting off on a trip.
出しゅっ立たつ sense 1
出立 is a formal, somewhat old-fashioned noun/verb for setting out on a journey, close in tone to the literary feel of 旅立つ.

Opposites

到とう着ちゃくN4sense 1
到着 means to arrive at a destination, the direct opposite of 旅立つ's sense of setting off on a journey.

Word family

旅たび立だち
departure; setting off on a journey

Built from

旅たび+立たつ

Written forms

旅たび立だつUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
旅たびだつUsage4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard written variant.
たびだつUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 旅 (tabi, 'journey') and 立つ (tatsu, 'to stand up, depart'). The combination naturally yields the meaning 'to set out on a journey'. The euphemistic sense for death is a metaphorical extension.