出張先(しゅっちょうさき)

しゅっちょうさき
noun
business trip destination; place one is posted to
1. business trip destination; place one is sent to for work
The location where someone goes for a business trip. Refers to the destination itself, not the journey.
出張先(しゅっちょうさき)から電話(でんわ)があった。
There was a phone call from the business trip location.
出張先(しゅっちょうさき)のホテルを予約(よやく)しておいてください。
Please book a hotel at the business trip destination.
出張先(しゅっちょうさき)で現地(げんち)の取引先(とりひきさき)と打(う)ち合(あ)わせをする予定(よてい)だ。
I plan to have a meeting with the local business partner at my trip destination.

Compound of 出張(しゅっちょう) (business trip) + 先(さき) (destination; place). The suffix 先(さき) is productive in Japanese and attaches to many activity nouns to indicate the destination or place associated with that activity.

THE ～先(さき) PATTERN:

  • 旅行先(りょこうさき): travel destination
  • 転勤先(てんきんさき): new post (after transfer)
  • 引(ひ)っ越(こ)し先(さき): new address (after moving)
  • 就職先(しゅうしょくさき): place of employment
  • 連絡先(れんらくさき): contact information

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 出張先(しゅっちょうさき)から戻(もど)る: to return from a business trip
  • 出張先(しゅっちょうさき)で会議(かいぎ)がある: to have a meeting at the destination
  • 出張先(しゅっちょうさき)のホテル: hotel at the business trip location

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 赴任先(ふにんさき): place of assignment — implies a longer-term posting, not a short trip
  • 出向先(しゅっこうさき): place of secondment — where one is temporarily transferred to work
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