単身赴任 – vocab dash

単たん身しん赴ふ任にん

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting

Kanji used

単single 身one's body 赴proceed 任obligation

Pitch accent

たんしんふにん

Composed of

単たん身しん

alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

Adverb

赴ふ任にん

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

Noun

Used in vocabulary

単たん身しん赴ふ任にん者しゃ

employee posted away from their family

Noun