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What does 転々 (てんてん, tenten) mean?

転々 (てんてん, tenten) means moving from place to place.

Quick facts
Readingてんてん
Romajitenten
Part of speechadverb, noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
てんてん
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontenten

moving from place to place

  1. 1adverb · adv-to · noun moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly
  2. 2adverb · adv-to · noun rolling about

Example sentences

  • He keeps moving from one job to another.

  • When I was young, I moved from place to place within the country.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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