出向する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 出向する | 出向しない |
| Polite | 出向します | 出向しません |
| Past polite | 出向しました | 出向しませんでした |
| Past | 出向した | 出向しなかった |
| Te-form | 出向して | 出向しないで |
| Desire | 出向したい | 出向したくない |
| Potential | 出向できる | 出向できない |
| Passive | 出向される | 出向されない |
| Causative | 出向させる | 出向させない |
| Causative passive | 出向させられる | 出向させられない |
| Volitional | 出向しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 出向しましょう | |
| Imperative | 出向しろ | 出向するな |
| Conditional | 出向すれば | 出向しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 出向したら | 出向しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
secondment; temporary employee transfer; loan of an employee
Business and HR term for temporarily assigning an employee to another company, subsidiary, affiliate, or organization while retaining some connection with the original employer. Common patterns include 子会社に出向する, 出向を命じられる, and 出向社員.
He will be seconded to a subsidiary starting next month.
An employee on secondment from the parent company joined the new department.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
proceeding to; leaving for
Rare use for going or setting out toward a destination. In modern Japanese, 出向く, 向かう, or 出発する is usually more natural unless the intended style is formal, old-fashioned, or technical.
In older writing, 出向 may be used as in “proceed to Osaka” to mean heading toward a destination.
He's going to be seconded to a subsidiary starting next month.
The section chief was ordered by headquarters to take a secondment.
He returned after three years on secondment.
出勤 means going to work as usual, and it sounds similar to 出向 (しゅっきん vs しゅっこう) despite having a completely different meaning about temporary employee transfer.