VocabJLPT N3
to move (house)
Godan VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. to move (house)
  2. 2. to transfer (department)
  3. 3. to change the target of interest or concern
  4. 4. to elapse (passage of time)
This verb means "to move" or "to transfer" from one place, state, or subject to another, and is used intransitively to describe the subject itself shifting. It can refer to physically relocating, a disease spreading, or a conversation changing topics.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

He thought to himself, "Am I really moving somewhere I don't know again?"

Sentence 2

Once I move to a new place, I wonder if I'll make friends.

Sentence 3

"I'm excited to move to the new town," she said.

Sentence 4

She reached out to let me know she'd moved from Tokyo to Nagoya.

Sentence 5

In her letter, she wrote that she'd moved to a quiet little town.