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転々

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

転々 — “moving from place to place, wandering about”

転々 (read てんてん) means moving from place to place, wandering about. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a adverb.

Reading

てんてん

Meaning

moving from place to place, wandering about

転々 in a sentence

職しょくを転々てんてんとする。

To move from job to job.

The kanji in 転々

転to roll, to turn

Words that share a kanji with 転々

自転車じてんしゃ— bicycle
運転するうんてんする— to drive
運転手うんてんしゅ— driver
転ぶころぶ— to fall down, to tumble
転がるころがる— to roll, to roll over, to tumble
転がすころがす— to roll (something), to set rolling
移転いてん— relocation, move, transfer (of an office/residence)
回転かいてん— rotation, revolution, turning

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