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移動 (いどう) — migration | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

移動

いどう

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1migration
2movement
3transfer
4mobile
5moving
6traveling

Example sentence

そもそもなぜ鳥は移動するのだろうか。

Why do birds migrate in the first place?

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Kanji in this word

移Shift, Move, Change11 strokes 動Move, Motion, Change11 strokes

More words with 移

移民いみん · emigrantN1 移住いじゅう · migrationN1 移転いてん · movingN2 移譲いじょう · handing over (of a right, property, etc.)移り変わりうつりかわり · change (e.g. season)

Full entry on Jisho

移管

いかん · transfer of control

移籍いせき · transfer (of one's name into another family register)

移送いそう · transfer

More words with 動

動きうごき · movementN1 動員どういん · mobilizationN1 動向どうこう · trendN1 出動しゅつどう · mobilizationN1 振動しんどう · oscillationN1 他動詞たどうし · transitive verb (direct object)N1 不動産ふどうさん · real estateN1 動的どうてき · dynamicN1

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