行き先・行先|いきさきikisaki[0]heiban (flat)
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- noundestination
- nounwhereabouts
- nounfuture; prospects
- Synonym行く先ゆくさきWrittenWritten register; same meaning as 「行き先」, but the reading ゆくさき is more formal. Often refers to one's future or prospects, as in 「行く先が案じられる」.
- Synonym目的地もくてきちNeutralStrictly the place you are to reach; leans toward formal travel and navigation language. 「行き先」 also covers where a person has gone.
- Related行方ゆくえNeutralCovers someone's whereabouts or how things turn out, emphasizing that the whereabouts are unknown, as in 「行方不明」 and 「勝負の行方」.
- Antonym起点きてんWrittenWritten register; a starting point or origin, opposed to the 「行き先」 you are headed for. Used across a wide range of contexts.
- Antonym出発地しゅっぱつちNeutralThe place you depart from — the opposite of the 「行き先」 you head for; leans toward transport and logistics usage.
- Antonym発地はっちWrittenWritten register; the place people or goods set out from, mostly in transport and logistics contexts — the opposite of 「行き先」.
Use 「行き先」 for where someone or something is headed, as in 「行き先を告げる」 or 「バスの行き先」. For a formal destination say 「目的地」, for a missing person's whereabouts 「行方」, for one's future in writing 「行く先」. Opposites: 「出発地」, 「起点」.
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