Word Meaning 単身赴任

たんしんふにん tanshinfunin

単身赴任 is read as たんしんふにん (tanshinfunin) and means (intra-company) job transfer away from one's family.

Meaning

English

(intra-company) job transfer away from one's family
unaccompanied posting

Reading

Kana

たんしんふにん

Romaji

tanshinfunin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 24025 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

単身赴任者

たんしんふにんしゃ

employee posted away from their family

単身銃

たんしんじゅう

single-barreled gun

赴任

ふにん

moving to a different location to start a new job

海外赴任

かいがいふにん

overseas assignment

単身

たんしん

alone

単身世帯

たんしんせたい

single-person household

単身者

たんしんしゃ

unmarried person

赴任地

ふにんち

place of (new) post

身を任せる

みをまかせる

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man)

単独

たんどく

independence

単価

たんか

unit price

単刀直入

たんとうちょくにゅう

straight to the point

Example Sentences

今流行の、単身赴任族の淋しさを、ちょっぴり味わわせてもらったのも、有意義な体験だ。

It was a meaningful experience for me to get a small taste of the loneliness people feel when they've made the now-popular decision to leave their families and work elsewhere.