転勤 (てんきん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

転勤 (てんきん) means job transfer / work relocation.

See example sentences below.

転勤 at a glance

転勤

てんきんtenkin

N1noun

job transfer / work relocation

転勤てんきんtenkinN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

job transfer / work relocation

Example 1

来月、東京に転勤します。

Translation

I will be transferred to Tokyo next month.

Example 2

転勤で生活が変わりました。

Translation

My life changed because of the job transfer.