How to say "camping" in Japanese

• キャンプJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe default word for camping as recreation: pitching a tent outdoors for leisure. Use this in most everyday contexts, whether staying at a campsite or just talking about going camping with friends or family.
  私は家族かぞくと一緒いっしょにキャンプに行いった。↗

  I went camping with my family.
• キャンピングCommon
  nounAlso refers to camping as an activity, but it is a loanword used mainly inside set expressions such as camping car or camping gear; on its own, キャンプ is the word you usually want.
• 野営やえいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCamping in the sense of making camp or encamping, typically in the field — soldiers or expeditions pitching camp where there are no facilities. Not the word for ordinary recreational camping.
• 野宿のじゅくCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCamping only in the loose sense of sleeping outdoors, in the open, without proper shelter or equipment — often forced or improvised, as travelers or homeless people do; not recreational camping.
  今日きょうは我々われわれは野宿のじゅくしないといけない。↗

  Today, we have to sleep outdoors.

For recreational camping use 「キャンプ」 (or 「キャンピング」 for the activity); 野営 is military-style encamping in the field, and 野宿 is sleeping outdoors without proper facilities, i.e. sleeping rough.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• キャンプcamp
• キャンピングcamping
• 野営やえいcamping
• 野宿のじゅくsleeping outdoors
• 幕営ばくえいcamp
• 屯営とんえいmilitary camp