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旅行券 (ryokouken) Japanese meaning: travel voucher | Kotomora
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We received travel vouchers as a wedding gift.
This travel voucher can be used at affiliated shops nationwide.
Usage patterns 旅りょ 行こう 券けん が 当あ たる to win a travel voucher (e.g. in a lottery or contest)
I won a travel voucher in the lottery.
旅りょ 行こう 券けん を 使つか う to use a travel voucher
I used a travel voucher to stay at a hot spring inn.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 旅りょ 行こう 券けん をプレゼントする to give someone a travel voucher as a gift
We gave our retiring boss a travel voucher as a gift.
Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out Related words 商品券 is a general-purpose gift certificate usable for merchandise, while 旅行券 is restricted to travel-related purchases like tours or accommodation.
クーポン is a casual loanword covering any discount coupon or voucher, whereas 旅行券 is the specific Japanese term for a travel voucher with monetary value.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese-style compound of 旅行, meaning travel, and 券, meaning ticket, certificate, or voucher. This is a transparent component explanation rather than a claim about the word's exact historical coinage.
