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遡
遡
14 strokes
Frequency: 1937
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

transition
move
change

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
セン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
うつ.る
うつ.す
みやこがえ

Common Words

うつす
遷す
感染す
伝染す
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #2350
1

移す/遷す only

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute

Examples
委員会は別のホールに会場を移した。
The committee adjourned to another hall.
2

移す only

to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.)

Examples
知っていることと行動に移すことは別だ。
To know is one thing, and to do is another.
3

移す only

to divert (one's attention) to

4

移す only

to spend (time); to let (time) pass

5

移す/感染す/伝染す only

to infect

Examples
風邪を人に移すと治るって本当?
Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
6

移す only

to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)

うつる
遷る
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #2369
1

to move (house); to transfer (department)

2

to change the target of interest or concern

Examples
枝葉末節の議論はもうそろそろ止めにして、本筋の話に移りませんか。
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
3

to elapse (passage of time)

4

to be permeated by a colour or scent

5

Word usually written using kana alone

to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)

移り変る
うつりかわる
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #22286
1

to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift

せんと
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #23602
1

relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

させん
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #25276
1

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

へんせん
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #30374
1

change; transition; vicissitudes

Examples
表面上、本書の大部分は一連の事例の変遷を記録したものである。
On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.
せんい
Noun
Freq #66047
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)

2

Ecology

succession

せんえん
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #91449
1

delay; procrastination

せんぐう
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #135794
1

installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

せんざ
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #139264
1

relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship

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