転てん身しん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

転身する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

change of occupation; career change; lifestyle change

Used for a significant shift in one's job, career, lifestyle, social position, or beliefs. Often implies a deliberate, transformative change.

〈人ひと〉が〈職しょく業ぎょう〉に転てん身しんするfor someone to switch careers and become X
元もと教きょう師しが作さっ家かに転てん身しんした。
The former teacher changed careers to become a writer.
転てん身しんを図はかるto attempt a career or lifestyle change
彼かれは起き業ぎょう家かへの転てん身しんを図はかっている。
He is trying to reinvent himself as an entrepreneur.
転てん身しんを遂とげるto successfully complete a career or life transformation
彼かの女じょはモデルから女じょ優ゆうへの転てん身しんを遂とげた。
She successfully transformed her career from model to actress.

転てん職しょくN2
転職 refers specifically to changing jobs or companies, while 転身 covers a broader shift in career, lifestyle, or beliefs.
転てん向こう
転向 emphasizes a change in one's stance, belief, or political direction, while 転身 focuses more broadly on a life or career transformation.
変へん身しんN1
変身 describes an outward or physical transformation (such as a costume change or metamorphosis), whereas 転身 refers to a change in social role or life direction.

転てん任にんN1
転任 means being reassigned to a different post within the same organization, while 転身 means a deliberate change to a new career or way of life.

From 転 (turn, change) and 身 (body, oneself), literally 'turning oneself', referring to a change in one's social or professional identity.