漂泊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漂泊 is read as ひょうはく and is a noun and する verb for an unsettled life of wandering from place to place.
• Basic usage: The movement appears in 各地を漂泊する, while a period of that life appears in 漂泊の日々.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 漂流
  • 漂流 can describe being carried by water or air; 漂泊 focuses on a person living without a settled home.
• Route marked by を
  • In 各地を漂泊する, を marks the range traversed rather than a destination.