Word Meaning 転校

てんこう tenkou

転校 is read as てんこう (tenkou) and means changing schools.

Meaning

English

  1. changing schools

Reading

Kana

てんこう

Romaji

tenkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 19719 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

転ぶ

ころぶ

(for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

転がす

ころがす

to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

転がる

ころがる

to lie down

転生

てんせい

transmigration

転送

てんそう

transfer (of data)

転用

てんよう

diversion

転じる

てんじる

to turn

転々

てんてん

rolling about

転出

てんしゅつ

moving out (to)

転売

てんばい

resale

転入

てんにゅう

moving into (a city, etc.)

転ずる

てんずる

to turn

Example Sentences

8

かのじょはきょねん、おおさかのがっこうへてんこうした。

she transferred to a school in osaka last year.

He changed schools last year.

You say you changed schools.

The transfer student in the other class is a super good-looking guy.

Hearing that a transfer student was coming, the class buzzed with excitement.

"That's an unusual hobby she's got, the transfer student." "She's cute so it's fine with me."

The first person to talk to me, when I had just switched schools and had no friends, was Tom.

"I just ran into a friend today who had transferred schools a while back." "Cool!" "Yeah. Then, we talked about movies, and they suggested we go watch one sometime soon. Is that OK?" "Sure! But, is this friend a boy or a girl?" "....."