Japanese word

転勤

Pronunciation

Romajitenkin

Meaning

  • nounjob transfer

Example

来月、東京へ転勤します。rai getsu tō kyō e ten kin shi ma su

I will be transferred to Tokyo next month.

Illustration for 転勤 (job transfer)

More examples

会社から転勤の辞令が届きました。kai sha ka ra ten kin no ji rei ga todo ki ma shi ta

A transfer notice arrived from my company.

Core concept

Refers to changing one's assigned place of work through an employer while continuing the same employment relationship.

Common phrases

  • 転勤になるten kin ni na ru

    be transferred

  • 転勤するten kin su ru

    transfer to another office

  • 転勤が多いten kin ga ō i

    have frequent job transfers

  • 転勤を断るten kin o kotowa ru

    turn down a transfer

  • 転勤の辞令ten kin no ji rei

    transfer notice

Similar words

異動idō: A change in an employee's position, department, or workplace within an organization.
配置転換haichitenkan: An employer's reassignment of an employee to a different position or workplace.
転任tennin: A move to a different post or workplace within the same organization.

Definition in Japanese

同じ会社に勤めたまま、会社の命令で勤務地を別の地域や拠点に変えること。ona ji gai sha ni tsuto me ta ma ma gai sha no mei rei de kin mu chi o betsu no chi iki ya kyo ten ni ka e ru ko to

Word origin

転勤 (tenkin) combines 転 (ten, "change") with 勤 (kin, "work"), so its form links a change with one's place of work.

Usage tips

  • The English word transfer can cover many kinds of movement, but 転勤 (tenkin) specifically concerns an employee's reassignment to another workplace by the same company.

Other meanings

  • intra-company transfernoun

Related words

  • 転勤者tenkinshatransfereenoun

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