単身赴任

たんしんふにん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive 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

• 単 single. Read as タン.
• 身 body. Read as シン.
• 赴 head to
• 任 entrust. Read as ニン.

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.

Words containing 単身赴任

• 単身赴任者 (たんしんふにんしゃ) employee posted away from their family

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