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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

異い動どう

idou

personnel transfer, reassignment

Example sentences

  1. が、父の異動のために松江市へ転居、内村友輔から漢学を学ぶ。

    However, he moved to Matsue City due to his father’s personnel relocation, and studied the Chinese classics under Tomosuke UCHIMURA.

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

  2. 直前ちょくぜんに本社ほんしゃからの分離独立ぶんりどくりつで大映だいえいテレビが発足ほっそくし多数たすうのスタッフが異動いどう。

    Daiei TV, which broke away from the parent company immediately before the collapse, established itself as an independent company with a large number of former Daiei staff joining the company.

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

  3. 本来ほんらいであれば、国家こっかの柱石ちゅうせきたる頼朝よりとものために喪もを発はっして、その期間内きかんないは人事じんじ異動いどうを延期えんきする慣例かんれいになっていた。

    It had become customary to put the court into mourning for Yoritomo, who had been a pillar of the state, and postpone personnel change during this time.

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

Kanji in 異動

  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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