転勤します（てんきんします、tenkiんshimasu）
- to change jobs

The Japanese word 転勤します転勤します means "to be transferred" or "to relocate" for work. It refers to a situation where an employee is moved from their current workplace to another location, usually within the same company. This move can involve changing the city, prefecture, or even the country. The term implies a job-related transfer, not a personal move like changing residences for other reasons. The act of 転勤転勤 itself is the act of being transferred. The verb します (shimasu) is added to make it polite and present tense.

⚫︎来月、大阪に転勤します。 Translation: I will be transferred to Osaka next month. ⚫︎田中さんは東京から福岡へ転勤しました。 Translation: Mr. Tanaka was transferred from Tokyo to Fukuoka. ⚫︎彼は海外へ転勤転勤することになりました。 Translation: He has been decided to be transferred overseas.

⚫︎転勤します転勤します is used when talking about your own or someone else's job transfer. ⚫︎It's important to use it when the transfer is work-related. ⚫︎The politeness level can be adjusted by changing the verb form (e.g., 転勤する is the plain form, 転勤しました is past polite form). ⚫︎You can also add other words to make sentences such as 転勤転勤が決まりました ("My transfer has been decided").

⚫︎The word is typically written in kanji 転勤 and hiragana します. ⚫︎転勤 can also be written in hiragana as てんきん. ⚫︎The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is standard; it's always します. ⚫︎転勤 can also stand alone as a noun, such as "a job transfer" or "relocation".

⚫︎異動 (idou): This is a broader term for job changes, including transfers and promotions. ⚫︎赴任 (funin): This refers to taking up a new post or assignment, often in a different location. ⚫︎配属 (haizoku): This means "to be assigned to" and can be used in the context of being transferred to a new department or location.

There aren't direct antonyms, but you could consider situations where someone: ⚫︎Gets promoted and stays at the same location. ⚫︎Resigns from their current job (which means they are not 転勤転勤). ⚫︎Stays at the same place.

私は来年、札幌に転勤転勤することになりました。 ・Translation: I have been decided to be transferred to Sapporo next year. ・Explanation: This sentence clearly states the speaker will relocate to Sapporo for work.

社長は来週、ニューヨークに転勤転勤されます。 ・Translation: The president will be transferred to New York next week. ・Explanation: This sentence states that the president is going to be transferred, likely for a business reason.

The word 転勤転勤 is composed of two kanji: ⚫︎転 (ten) means "to turn," "to revolve," or "to change." ⚫︎勤 (kin) means "to serve," "to work," or "to be employed." Therefore, the word 転勤転勤 literally means "to change work" or "to change the place of work," accurately reflecting the meaning of a job transfer. The します is the polite verb form, meaning "do" or "will do"