How to say "departure" in Japanese

• 発はつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun (suffix)Chiefly a timetable word: it follows a time or a place, as in a train leaving at 8:30 or a service departing from a particular station, and is not an all-purpose noun for departure.
  ６時じ発はつのニューヨーク行いきの列車れっしゃに乗のりたいのです。↗

  I want to catch the six o'clock train to New York.
• 出発しゅっぱつJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe broad word for departure in the sense of leaving to set off on a trip. Unless a narrower context — a train, a base, a timetable — calls for something else, this is the natural choice.
  すぐに出発しゅっぱつした方ほうがいいですよ。↗

  You had better depart at once.
• 発車はっしゃJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe departure of a train, car, or similar vehicle — the moment it pulls out. Typical in station announcements about a train's departure; it does not describe a traveler setting off.
  バスは五ご分ふん後ごに発車はっしゃします。↗

  The bus leaves in five minutes.
• 立ちたちCommon
  nounSeldom the word you want for 'departure' on its own; its sense is really 'setting off' or a 'start'. For an actual departure, a more specific word is the natural choice.
• 発進はっしんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbDeparture from a base: a plane's takeoff, a ship or vehicle moving out. It belongs to technical or military settings, not to the start of an ordinary trip.

Choose 出発 for setting off on a trip, 発車 for a train or car, 発進 for a craft leaving a base, 発 for timetable entries after a time or place; 「立ち」 is seldom the word you want.

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• 発はつdeparture
• 出発しゅっぱつdeparture
• 発車はっしゃdeparture (of a train, car, etc.)
• 立ちたちdeparture
• 発進はっしんdeparture (from a base)
• 出航しゅっこうdeparture (of a boat, plane)
• 退去たいきょdeparture
• 逸脱いつだつdeviation
• 旅立ちたびだちsetting off (on a trip)
• 門出かどでsetting off (on a long journey)
• 出立しゅったつdeparture
• デパーチャーdeparture
• 出駕しゅつがdeparture (of a noble)
• 発航はっこうdeparture (of a ship)
• お立ちおたちdeparture
• 発御はつぎょdeparture (of the emperor, etc.)
• 出発便しゅっぱつびんdeparture
• ゲットアウトdeparture
• 経距けいきょdeparture (surveying, etc.)
• 出帆しゅっぱんsetting sail
• 去り際さりぎわ(moment of) departure
• 引き取りひきとりleaving