良よい旅たびを

Meanings

bon voyage!; have a nice trip!

A warm, standard send-off phrase used when someone is departing on a journey. Slightly more formal than いってらっしゃい, but still natural in everyday speech.

「明日あしたからヨーロッパに行いくんだ。」「そうか、良よい旅たびを！」
"I'm going to Europe tomorrow." "Oh, really? Bon voyage!"
空くう港こうで友とも達だちに「良よい旅たびを」と言いって見み送おくった。
I saw my friend off at the airport, saying "Have a nice trip!"

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Kanji

良good, pleasing, skilled
旅trip, travel

Related words

いってらっしゃい
Casual, everyday send-off for someone leaving home or the office, implying they will return. 良い旅を is more specifically for a longer journey or trip.
道どう中ちゅうご無ぶ事じで
More formal and old-fashioned; literally 'have a safe journey'. 良い旅を is warmer and more common in modern conversation.

Built from

良よい+旅たび

Written forms

良よい旅たびを
Standard kanji-kana spelling for this set phrase.
よい旅たびを
All-kana spelling; common in casual writing or when avoiding kanji.

Etymology

A set phrase composed of 良い (good) + 旅 (journey) + を (object marker), literally 'have a good journey'. The phrase is a modern, natural expression without a complex historical derivation.