How to say "journey" in Japanese

• 旅たびJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general, somewhat literary word for a journey or travels, with a suggestion of the experience itself rather than arrangements. Typical contexts: a long trip, wandering, or journeys discussed in a reflective way.
  以前いぜんは、人々ひとびとは歩あるいて旅たびをしたものだった。↗

  People used to travel on foot.
• 旅行りょこうJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe everyday word for a journey or trip as an organized outing, such as sightseeing or a vacation. Use this for planning, taking, or talking about most ordinary trips.
  いつ旅行りょこうにおいでになりますか。↗

  When will you go on a journey?
• 道中どうちゅうCommon
  nounA journey viewed as being en route, from departure to arrival; also used in polite wishes for someone's travels. Suits contexts of traveling between places rather than the destination itself.
• 旅路たびじCommon
  nounA literary word for a journey, especially the route or course traveled, often with an emotional or poetic coloring. Fits writing about the path of a long journey rather than practical travel talk.
  私は今いままさに最後さいごの旅路たびじにつき、暗黒あんこくへと一大いちだい飛躍ひやくしようとしている。↗

  I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
• 行程こうていCommon
  nounA journey considered as its course, distance, or schedule, as in route planning. It is really about the itinerary or marching course, and is seldom the word for a journey in the everyday sense.
  我々われわれは旅行りょこうの最後さいごの行程こうていを歩あるかなければならなかった。↗

  We had to walk the last leg of the journey.

旅 and 旅行 are the everyday words for a journey or trip; 道中 refers to being on the way, 旅路 to the route or course traveled, and 行程 to the technical distance or itinerary of a journey.

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

• 旅たびtravel
• 旅行りょこうtravel
• 道中どうちゅうjourney
• 旅路たびじjourney
• 行程こうていjourney
• 道のりみちのりdistance
• ジャーニーjourney
• 行こうgoing
• 道みちdistance
• 一路いちろvoyage
• 旅程りょていdistance (of a trip)