Japanese word

転々

Pronunciation

Romajitenten

彼は転々といろいろな町で暮らします。kare wa ten ten to i ro i ro na machi de ku ra shi ma su

He moves around and lives in different towns.

彼は新しい仕事を探して、各地を転々としました。kare wa atara shi i shi goto o saga shi te kaku chi o ten ten to shi ma shi ta

He moved from place to place in search of a new job.

Shows something moving from one place or holder to another in a continuing sequence.

人や物が一つの場所や相手に落ち着かず、次々と移っていくさま。hito ya mono ga hito tsu no ba sho ya ai te ni o chi tsu ka zu tsugi tsugi to utsu tte i ku sa ma

転々 (tenten, "moving successively") comes from repeating 転 (ten, "to move or change"), so the form suggests movement occurring again and again.

The adverb 転々 (tenten) can describe a career that moves through several companies, not only a journey through several places.