移ります（うつります、utsurimasu）
- to move

The Japanese word 移ります, utsurimasu in hiragana, primarily means "to move," "to transfer," "to change," or "to spread." The specific meaning depends heavily on the context in which it is used. It implies a change of location, state, or influence. 移ります is the polite, ます-form (present/future positive) of the verb 移る, which is in the dictionary form.

⚫︎ 病気が移りました。 Translation: The illness spread. ⚫︎ 引っ越しで、新しい家に移ります。 Translation: I will move to a new house due to the move. ⚫︎ 会議室を移ります。 Translation: We'll move to the conference room.

This verb is versatile, being applicable in various scenarios: ⚫︎ For moving physical objects or people. ⚫︎ For the spread of something, such as a disease or influence. ⚫︎ For changing from one state or condition to another. ⚫︎ It's appropriate in both formal and informal conversations, depending on the context. Its polite form makes it suitable for use in interactions with people you respect or do not know well.

⚫︎ The word is typically written as 移ります in kanji, うつります in hiragana, or ウツリマス in katakana. ⚫︎ The basic form is 移る, with 移ります being the polite (masu-form) conjugation. ⚫︎ There are no significant variations in okurigana.

⚫︎ 動きます（うごきます - ugokimasu） - to move (physical movement). ⚫︎ 変わります（かわります - kawarimasu） - to change (state or condition). ⚫︎ 移動します（いどうします - idou shimasu） - to move, to transfer (formal). ⚫︎ 伝染します（でんせんします - densen shimasu） - to spread, to infect (for diseases).

⚫︎ 留まります（とまります - tomarimasu） - to stay, to remain. ⚫︎ 固定します（こていします - kotei shimasu） - to fix, to secure.

風邪が移りたくないので、マスクをしています。 ・Translation: I wear a mask because I don't want to catch a cold. ・Explanation: The sentence expresses the fear of the cold 移り, or spreading to the speaker.

新しい部署に移り、新しい仕事に挑戦します。 ・Translation: I will transfer to a new department and take on a new challenge. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates a change or 移り to a new position within a company.

The kanji 移 combines the radical 禾 (kusa, grain) and a phonetic component. It originally denoted "to transplant" plants or "to move" crops, gradually expanding to encompass general meanings of movement or transference.