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赴任 (funin) Japanese meaning: moving to a new post | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 赴任する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 赴ふ 任にん する 赴ふ 任にん しない Polite 赴ふ 任にん します 赴ふ 任にん しません Past polite 赴ふ 任にん しました 赴ふ 任にん しませんでした Past 赴ふ 任にん した 赴ふ 任にん しなかった Te-form 赴ふ 任にん して 赴ふ 任にん しないで Desire 赴ふ 任にん したい 赴ふ 任にん したくない Potential 赴ふ 任にん できる 赴ふ 任にん できない Passive 赴ふ 任にん される 赴ふ 任にん されない Causative 赴ふ 任にん させる 赴ふ 任にん させない Causative passive 赴ふ 任にん させられる 赴ふ 任にん させられない Volitional 赴ふ 任にん しよう Polite volitional 赴ふ 任にん しましょう Imperative 赴ふ 任にん しろ 赴ふ 任にん するな Conditional 赴ふ 任にん すれば 赴ふ 任にん しなければ Tara conditional 赴ふ 任にん したら 赴ふ 任にん しなかったら
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I will be moving to the Osaka branch office next month to take up my new post.
He is enthusiastic at his new assignment.
Kanji 任 responsibility, duty, term Related words 転勤 refers to a general job transfer, often within the same company, while 赴任 emphasizes the act of physically moving to the new location to start the job.
赴任 focuses on the process of traveling to a new post, while 着任 focuses on arriving and formally starting duties there.
赴任 emphasizes the act of moving to a new post, while 駐在 emphasizes the ongoing state of being stationed there.
赴任 broadly means taking up a post at a new location (family may come along), whereas 単身赴任 specifically refers to doing so alone, leaving family behind.
Don't confuse with 就任 means taking up a position or office (e.g. becoming president) without necessarily relocating, whereas 赴任 specifically involves moving to a new workplace location.
出張 is a temporary work trip that ends with returning to one's usual post, while 赴任 means relocating to a new post for an extended assignment.
Word family place of new post; new place of appointment
unaccompanied job transfer; living apart from family for work
overseas assignment; overseas posting
Etymology 赴 (proceed to, go) + 任 (duty, post). The compound refers to going to take up a new official post.
