How to say "traveller" in Japanese

• 旅人たびびとCommon
  nounA person travelling or on a journey, often with a literary or evocative nuance of someone on the road. Suited to narrative, poetic or descriptive writing rather than plain factual statements about travellers.
  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.
• 旅行者りょこうしゃCommon
  nounThe straightforward, neutral word for a traveller or traveler, someone taking a trip. This is usually the word you want for ordinary senses of 'traveller', including tourists in general contexts.
  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.
• 行人こうじんCommon
  nounChiefly means a passer-by, someone walking along the street, so it is seldom the word you want for 'traveller'. Use it when the person is simply a pedestrian passing by.
• 旅客りょかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA traveller viewed as a passenger, as in transport or travel-industry contexts such as airlines, trains and immigration. Choose this when 'traveller' refers to passengers collectively or officially.

旅人 is a literary word for a person on a journey, 旅行者 is the general everyday term, 行人 chiefly means a passer-by, and 旅客 refers to travellers as passengers in transport contexts.

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

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