How to say "trip" in Japanese

• 旅たびJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA trip or journey, often with the feel of travel as an experience rather than simple transportation; suits talk of setting out on a journey, where the trip itself is the point.
  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 general word for a trip or for travel, covering anything from a short excursion to a long journey; the usual choice when you plan or take a trip.
  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?
• 便びんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)For 'trip' only in the sense of a scheduled service — a flight, a train trip, a ferry sailing; seldom the word for a trip in general, as it really means the flight or sailing itself.
  ちょっとした事故じこが原因げんいんで、２、３便びんに遅おくれが出でた。↗

  A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
• つまずくJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for tripping in the physical sense — to catch your foot and stumble, as on a step or stone. Usually written with kana alone rather than in kanji.
  私は石いしにつまずいて、足首あしくびをひねってしまった。↗

  I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.
• トリップCommon
  nounThe loanword for a trip or excursion, being the English word written in katakana. A straightforward stand-in for 'trip' when a borrowed term suits the tone of what you are saying.

Use 旅行 for a trip in general, 旅 for a journey with an experiential feel, 便 only for a scheduled flight, train run or sailing, 「つまずく」 for physically tripping or stumbling, and 「トリップ」 as the loanword.

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
• 便びんflight (e.g. airline flight)
• つまずくto trip (over)
• トリップtrip
• 遠出とおでtrip
• 道中どうちゅうjourney
• 足がもつれるあしがもつれるto trip (over one's own feet)
• ラリるto get high (on drugs)
• けつまずくto stumble (over)
• 巡歴じゅんれきitinerancy
• 清遊せいゆうexcursion (for pleasure)
• 行こうgoing
• お出かけおでかけouting
• アウティングouting
• いくto trip