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引っ越し (ひっこし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

引ひっ越こし

ひ

っ

こ

し

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

moving; changing residence

Refers to the act of moving from one dwelling, office, or location to another. Commonly used as a noun or with する to mean 'to move'.

来らい月げつ、大おお阪さかに引ひっ越こしします。
I'm moving to Osaka next month.
引ひっ越こしの準

じゅん

備び

で

忙いそが

しい

。

I'm busy preparing for the move.

Written forms

引ひっ越こしUsage38%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
引ひっ越こしUsage51%
Common variant without the small っ; equally correct but slightly less frequent.
引ひっ越こしUsage10%
search-only kanji form
引ひっこしUsage<1%
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Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
越surpass, cross over, move to

Similar words

移い転てん
More formal term for relocation, often used for businesses or official addresses. 引っ越し is the everyday word for personal moving.
転てん居きょ
Formal word for changing residence, used in official notices. 引っ越し is more casual and common in speech.

Etymology

Compound of 引く (hiku, 'to pull') + 越す (kosu, 'to cross over'), with the first element undergoing gemination to ひっ. Literally 'to pull and cross over', referring to moving one's belongings to a new place.