Meaning

Primary

Passport

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Your trip ticket is the ticket that lets you go on ALL of your trips. It's not your airplane ticket, it's not your boat ticket, it's the trip ticket. It's your passport, which allows you to take trips.

旅券 is a formal term for a passport. It's commonly used in official documents and formal settings, like when dealing with government paperwork. In less formal contexts, you can simply say パスポート!

Reading

りょけん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

新しいパスポートは、旅券番号も新しくなるはずだよ。

The new passport should have a new passport number as well.

ホテルの金庫に旅券を入れてもらいたいのですが。

I'd like to leave my passport in the hotel safe.

旅券には有効期間が十年のものと五年のものの二種類があります。

There are two types of passports: those valid for ten years and those valid for five years.

万が一のために、旅先ではあらかじめ旅券のコピーをとり、旅券とは別の場所に保管するようにしてください。

In case of an emergency, please make a photocopy of your passport ahead of time and store it separately from your passport while at your destination.

Kanji Composition