Illustration: At the open entrance of a newly rented Japanese apartment, a couple carries household belongings in from a moving truck parked outside. One holds a rolled futon and a familiar bedside lamp; the other guides a dining chair through the doorway.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

転てん居きょ

tenkyo

to move house, to change residence

Example sentences

  1. その中なか、35歳さいで妻子さいしを伴ともない東京とうきょうへ転居てんきょ。

    About that time, at the age of 35, he moved to Tokyo with his family.

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

  2. 北斎ほくさいは、93回かいに上のぼるとされる転居てんきょの多おおさもまた有名ゆうめいである。

    It is also well known that Hokusai moved very often, which was said to be 93 times.

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

  3. 生涯しょうがい26回かいの転居てんきょをしている。

    He changed residences 26 times in his life.

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

Kanji in 転居

  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす
  • 居reside; existOnキョ・コKunいる・おる

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