出しゅっ向こう

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.

• 彼かれは来らい月げつから子こ会がい社しゃに出しゅっ向こうする。

  He will be seconded to a subsidiary starting next month.

• 親おや会がい社しゃからの出しゅっ向こう社しゃ員いんが新あたらしい部ぶ署しょに加くわわった。

  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.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「大おお阪さかへ出しゅっ向こうする」のように目もく的てき地ちへ向むかう意い味みで出しゅっ向こうが使つかわれることがある。

  In older writing, 出向 may be used as in “proceed to Osaka” to mean heading toward a destination.