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行き先 (いきさき, ikisaki) Japanese meaning: destination | Kotomora

行いき先さき

also: ゆきさき

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

The place one is heading to; used for travel, errands, and daily movement.

バスの行いき先さきを確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the bus's destination.

彼かれは行いき先さきも告つげずに出でかけた。

He left without saying where he was going.

2

whereabouts; location

Used when asking or stating where someone or something is, often with a nuance of not knowing the exact place.

彼かれの行いき先さきがわからなくなった。
I lost track of his whereabouts.

3

future; prospects

Figurative use referring to where one's life or career is headed; often in expressions like 行き先が不安.

就しゅう職しょく活かつ動どうで、自じ分ぶんの行いき先さきがまだ見みえない。
In my job search, I still can't see my future prospects.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を行いき先さきにするto make somewhere one's destination
今こん回かいの旅りょ行こうは北ほっ海かい道どうを行いき先さきにした。
For this trip, we made Hokkaido our destination.
行いき先さきが分わからないnot to know where someone or something has gone
犬いぬが逃にげてしまい、行いき先さきが分わからない。
The dog ran away, and I don't know where it went.
行いき先さきが不ふ安あんだto feel uneasy about one's future prospects
会かい社しゃの行いき先さきが不ふ安あんだ。
I'm uneasy about where the company is headed.
行いき先さきを告つげるto tell someone one's destination
タクシーの運うん転てん手しゅに行いき先さきを告つげた。
I told the taxi driver my destination.

Kanji

行going, journey, carry out
先before, ahead, previous

Related words

目もく的てき地ちN1sense 1
目的地 is a more formal, specific term for a planned travel destination, while 行き先 is broader and covers everyday errands as well.
行方ゆくえN2sense 2
行方 emphasizes not knowing where a person or thing has gone, often implying uncertainty or disappearance, whereas 行き先 simply names the destination or location.
進しん路ろN2sense 3
進路 refers to one's course or direction in life or career, a more formal counterpart to the figurative use of 行き先 for future prospects.
出で先さき
行き先 is the common everyday word for where someone is headed, while 出先 more often implies the place one is currently at after arriving, especially in business contexts.
行ゆく先さきN1
行き先 is the everyday, neutral word for 'destination', while 行く先 sounds more literary and can also extend to abstract 'future' meanings.

Opposites

出しゅっ発ぱつ地ち sense 1
出発地 is the point of departure, the opposite of 行き先 which is the point of arrival.

Don't confuse with

行いき方かた sense 1
行き方 means 'how to get there' (the route or method), while 行き先 means 'where one is going' (the destination itself).
旅たび先さきN2
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

行いく+先さき

Written forms

行き先Usage74%
- いきさき
  Standard kanji spelling with high frequency.
- ゆきさき
  Alternate reading ゆきさき; less common than いきさき.
行先Usage26%

Etymology

Compound of 行き (iki, 'going', continuative form of 行く) and 先 (saki, 'ahead, destination'). The reading ゆきさき uses the older ゆき form of 行く.

Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.

いきさき
Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
ゆきさき
Abbreviated kanji spelling with the rare reading ゆきさき.

ゆきさきUsage<1%