旅日記(たびにっき)

たびにっき
noun
travel diary; travel journal
1. travel diary; travel journal
A written record of experiences, observations, and impressions during a trip or journey.
旅日記(たびにっき)をつけている。
I'm keeping a travel diary.
旅日記(たびにっき)を読(よ)み返(かえ)すと楽(たの)しい。
It's fun to read back through my travel diary.
祖母(そぼ)が若(わか)いころに書(か)いた旅日記(たびにっき)が見(み)つかった。
We found a travel diary my grandmother wrote when she was young.

A compound of 旅(たび) (trip, journey) + 日記(にっき) (diary). Travel diaries have a long literary tradition in Japan, with classical works like 松尾(まつお)芭蕉(ばしょう)'s 奥(おく)の細道(ほそみち) being among the most famous examples of the genre.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 旅日記(たびにっき)をつける: to keep a travel diary
  • 旅日記(たびにっき)を書(か)く: to write a travel diary
  • 旅日記(たびにっき)を公開(こうかい)する: to publish a travel diary

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 紀行(きこう): travelogue — a more literary or formal account of a journey, often intended for publication, while 旅日記(たびにっき) is more personal
  • 旅行記(りょこうき): travel account — similar to 旅日記(たびにっき) but often more structured and less diary-like in format
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