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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

赴ふ任にん

funin

to take up a post elsewhere

Used when moving to the place of a new assignment. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その後ご、クタイシの神学校しんがっこうに赴任ふにんする。

    Thereafter, he was assigned to the Kutaisi Theological Seminary.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 越前えちぜんへ赴任ふにんするとき娘式部むすめしきぶも連つれて行いったらしい。

    It is said that he took Murasaki Shikibu with him when he left for Echizen to go to his new post.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ロンドン赴任ふにん中ちゅう、最初さいしょの「源氏物語げんじものがたり」の英訳えいやくを書かいた。

    He produced the first English translation of "Tale of Genji" during his assignment in London.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 赴任

  • 赴proceed; getOnフKunおもむく
  • 任responsibility; entrustOnニンKunまかせる・まかす

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