転てん居きょ

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転居する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	転てん居きょする	転てん居きょしない
Polite	転てん居きょします	転てん居きょしません
Past polite	転てん居きょしました	転てん居きょしませんでした
Past	転てん居きょした	転てん居きょしなかった
Te-form	転てん居きょして	転てん居きょしないで
Desire	転てん居きょしたい	転てん居きょしたくない
Potential	転てん居きょできる	転てん居きょできない
Passive	転てん居きょされる	転てん居きょされない
Causative	転てん居きょさせる	転てん居きょさせない
Causative passive	転てん居きょさせられる	転てん居きょさせられない
Volitional	転てん居きょしよう
Polite volitional	転てん居きょしましょう
Imperative	転てん居きょしろ	転てん居きょするな
Conditional	転てん居きょすれば	転てん居きょしなければ
Tara conditional	転てん居きょしたら	転てん居きょしなかったら

Meanings

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

moving; change of address

Refers to moving one's residence or changing one's address. Often used in formal contexts such as official notifications.

来らい月げつ、大おお阪さかに転てん居きょします。
I will move to Osaka next month.
転てん居きょ届とどけを郵ゆう便びん局きょくに提てい出しゅつした。
I submitted a change-of-address notice to the post office.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に転てん居きょするto move (one's residence) to a place
来らい月げつ、大おお阪さかに転てん居きょする予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to move to Osaka next month.
転てん居きょを知しらせるto notify (someone) of one's change of address
取とり引ひき先さきに転てん居きょを知しらせるはがきを送おくった。
I sent a postcard to my business contacts notifying them of my change of address.
転てん居きょに伴ともないalong with / due to the move (formal phrase used in notices)
転てん居きょに伴ともない、電でん話わ番ばん号ごうが変かわりました。
Due to my change of address, my phone number has changed.

Kanji

転revolve, turn around, change
居reside, to be, exist

Related words· 6

引ひっ越こしN4
引っ越し is the everyday, casual word for moving house, while 転居 is more formal and typically used in official documents or notices.
移い転てんN3
移転 usually refers to relocating a business, office, or facility, whereas 転居 specifically means a person changing their residence.
移い住じゅうN1
移住 implies a more permanent or long-distance relocation (often to another region or country), while 転居 is neutral about distance or permanence.
転てん出しゅつ
転居 is the general term for changing one's residence, while 転出 specifically refers to the administrative act of removing one's registration from the old municipality.

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入にゅう居きょ
転居 is a formal term for changing one's registered address or residence, often used in official notices, whereas 入居 emphasizes physically moving into and occupying a specific new place.
引ひっ越こすN4
転居する is a formal, often written/official way to say one has changed residence, whereas 引っ越す is the everyday spoken word.

Don't confuse with

転てん勤きんN3
転居 means changing one's residence, while 転勤 means being transferred to a different work location; the two often occur together but are distinct concepts.

Word family

転てん居きょ先さき
new address; forwarding address
転てん居きょ届とどけ
change of address notification
転てん居きょ通つう知ち
change-of-address notice

Etymology

Compound of 転 (change) and 居 (residence). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination straightforwardly conveys 'changing one's dwelling'.