Illustration: In one Japanese family living room, a restless cat keeps changing its sleeping place. Its successive positions follow a continuous route: first curled in a basket beside the balcony, then squeezing onto a dining chair, and finally climbing into a tiny cardboard box near the kitchen.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

転てん々てん

tenten

from place to place

Example sentences

彼かれは各地かくちを転々てんてんと移動いどうした。
He moved from place to place.
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彼かれらは各地かくちを転々てんてんとしている。
They move from place to place.
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トムはこの二ヶ月間にかげつかん、各地かくちを転々てんてんとしながら暮くらしている。
Tom has been living out of a suitcase for the past two months.
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Kanji in 転々

転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす

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