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赴任: moving to a different location to start a new job, (proceeding to) new appointment | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

赴任(ふにん)

ふにん

moving to a different location to start a new job, (proceeding to) new appointment

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Reading: ふにん
Romaji: funin
Meaning: moving to a different location to start a new job, (proceeding to) new appointment
Word type: noun

FuriganaEnglish

来月(らいげつ)、父(ちち)は札幌(さっぽろ)へ赴任(ふにん)する。
Next month, my father will move to Sapporo for a new assignment.
彼は海外赴任を機に、家族と現地で暮らし始めた。
Taking his overseas assignment as an opportunity, he began living there with his family.
新支店(しんしてん)の開設(かいせつ)に伴(ともな)い、彼女(かのじょ)は

大阪(おおさか)

へ

赴任(ふにん)

した。

With the opening of the new branch, she was assigned to Osaka.

赴任先(ふにんさき)では、地域(ちいき)の行事(ぎょうじ)にも積極的(せっきょくてき)に参加(さんか)した。

At the place of my new appointment, I also actively participated in local events.