How to say "traveler" in Japanese

• 旅人たびびとCommon
  nounA person on a journey, in the wayfarer sense: someone traveling, with the journey or the road itself in view. Suits talk of travelers making their way from place to place.
  その男おとこは旅人たびびとからお金かねを奪うばった。↗

  The man robbed the traveler of his money.
• 行人こうじんCommon
  nounGlossed 'traveler', but its core sense is passer-by: a person going along a road or street. Seldom the word you want for someone taking a trip; it points to a figure on the road.
• 旅行者りょこうしゃCommon
  nounThe direct word for 'traveler' as a person taking a trip, whether for tourism or any other purpose. The natural choice when you simply mean someone who is traveling.
  ほとんどの旅行者りょこうしゃはニューヨークのゴーストタウンに立ち寄たちよらなかった。↗

  Few of the trippers called in at the ghost town of New York.
• 旅客りょかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA traveler viewed as a passenger: someone carried by a train, airline, or ship. Use it when 'traveler' means a passenger of transport or a tourist rather than a person on a journey.

Use 旅行者 for a person taking a trip, 旅客 for a traveler as a passenger of transport, 旅人 for someone on a journey with a wayfarer feel, and avoid 行人, which really means passer-by.

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

• 旅人たびびとtraveller
• 行人こうじんpasser-by
• 旅行者りょこうしゃtraveller
• トラベラーtraveler
• 旅の者たびのものtraveler
• 旅の人たびのひとtraveler
• 過客かかくtraveller (passing through)
• 遊子ゆうしwanderer
• 羇旅きりょtravel
• 旅行家りょこうかtraveller
• 渡航者とこうしゃpassenger
• 旅行客りょこうきゃくtourist
• 旅客りょかくtraveller
• 行旅こうりょtraveler