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    3. 移る

    移る

    移うつる​

    to move (house)

    N4KMT10News #38+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab12 strokes

    遷る

    うつる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to move (house), to transfer (department)
    2.
    to change the target of interest or concern
    3.
    to elapse (passage of time)
    4.
    to be permeated by a colour or scent
    5.
    to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
    word usually written using kana alone

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    来らい月げつ、新あたらしいアパートに移うつります。

    I'm moving to a new apartment next month.

    KMT4Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれの興きょう味みはすぐに別べつのことに移うつった。

    His interest quickly shifted to something else.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは営えい業ぎょう部ぶから企き画かく部ぶへ移うつることになった。

    He was transferred from the sales department to the planning department.

    KMT7Work & CareerDaily Life
    この病びょう気きは人ひとから人ひとへ簡かん単たんに移うつるので注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。

    This disease easily spreads from person to person, so caution is necessary.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    日ひが西にしに傾かたむくと、影かげがゆっくりと東ひがしへ移うつっていった。

    As the sun set in the west, the shadows slowly shifted eastward.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    移
    うつ.る・うつ.す…(1)
    shift・move・change・drift・catch (cold, fire)…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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