流浪

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 流浪 is read as るろう and is a noun and する verb for wandering from place to place without a settled home.
• Basic usage: A displaced family’s wanderings appear in 一家の流浪, while writing poetry while roaming appears in 各地を流浪しながら詩を書く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Movement without settlement
  • It describes an ongoing state of moving among places rather than a single trip to a fixed destination.
• Difference from 旅行
  • Unlike travel planned around an itinerary and return, this word strongly suggests roaming without a settled residence.