旅券(りょけん)

Formal term

旅券(りょけん) is the formal/official Japanese term for passport. In everyday conversation, パスポート is more commonly used.

Common expressions

• 旅券(りょけん)を申請(しんせい)する (to apply for a passport)
• 旅券(りょけん)を更新(こうしん)する (to renew a passport)
• 旅券(りょけん)を紛失(ふんしつ)する (to lose a passport)
• 旅券番号(りょけんばんごう) (passport number)
• 旅券(りょけん)発給(はっきゅう) (passport issuance)

Japanese passports

• 5年(ねん)用(よう) (5-year passport - navy blue cover)
• 10年(ねん)用(よう) (10-year passport - red cover)

Official contexts

旅券(りょけん) is preferred in:

• Government documents and forms
• News reports
• Legal and formal contexts

Related words

• パスポート (passport - loanword)
• ビザ / 査証(さしょう) (visa)
• 身分証明書(みぶんしょうめいしょ) (identification document)