行く先|ゆくさきyukusaki[0]heiban (flat)

Common
いくさきikusaki
Definitions
  1. noundestination
  2. nounwhereabouts
  3. nounfuture; prospects
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym行き先いきさきNeutralSame meaning as 「行く先」; in everyday speech 「行き先」 is the more common choice.
  • Synonym目的地もくてきちNeutralStrictly the place you are heading for; unlike 「行く先」 it carries no sense of one's future or prospects.
  • Related行方ゆくえNeutralA person's or thing's whereabouts, or how a situation develops; very common in 「行方不明」 (missing).
  • Related先行きさきゆきNeutralFuture prospects going forward; typically said of the economy or the situation, as in 「先行き不透明」.
  • Antonym来し方きしかたWrittenWritten/formal: the road one has traveled, i.e. the past — the opposite of 「行く先」 as one's course ahead.

In everyday speech, 「行き先」 is the default for where you are going; 「行く先」 is slightly more written and can also mean one's future. Use 「行方」 for someone's whereabouts and 「先行き」 for economic prospects.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 移動いどうや旅行りょこうの終おわりの場所ばしょ。どこへ向むかっているか。
  2. 人ひとや物ものがどこにいるか、どこへいったか。所在地しょざいち。
  3. これからどうなるか、どのような状態じょうたいになるか。将来しょうらいの見通みとおし。
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