行き先・行先|いきさきikisaki[0]heiban (flat)

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ゆきさきyukisaki[0]heiban (flat)
Which spelling to use
行き先行き先(いきさき) is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it as the default spelling.
行先行先(いきさき) is a less common alternative written entirely in kanji. You may encounter it, but beginners should normally choose 行き先(いきさき).
Definitions
  1. noundestination
    彼かれは行き先いきさきの違ちがう列車れっしゃに乗のるほど不注意ふちゅういではない。↗
    He is not so careless as to take the wrong train.
    行き先いきさきの住所じゅうしょはおわかりですか。↗
    Do you have an address?
  2. nounwhereabouts
  3. nounfuture; prospects
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 向むかっていく地点ちてんや方向ほうこう。
  2. 前途ぜんと。将来しょうらい。
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