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travel destination, place one is visiting
The place where one is staying or visiting while traveling. Emphasizes the destination as experienced during the trip, not as a planned target before departure.
旅先で友達ができた。
I made a friend at my travel destination.
旅先から絵はがきを送った。
I sent a postcard from the place I was visiting.
旅先で体調を崩して、ホテルで寝込んでしまった。
I fell ill at my travel destination and ended up bedridden at the hotel.
USAGE:
Refers to the place one is currently visiting or has visited during a trip. Often used with the particle で (at) to describe things that happen while traveling. Unlike 目的地 (destination as a target), 旅先 focuses on the experiential aspect — what happens while one is there.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 旅先で: at one's travel destination
- 旅先から: from one's travel destination
- 旅先での出来事: events at one's travel destination
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 目的地: destination (planned target of travel)
- 行き先: destination, where one is headed
- 滞在先: place of stay