転てん々てん

てんてん tenten

moving from place to place
being passed around repeatedly

adverbadverb (〜と)nounする verb

Also written 転転

Chinese meanings

辗转；不断变换

Chinese notes

転々表示多次辗转；点々表示零星分布。

Examples

彼らは会社を転々とした。
They were transferred from one office to another.
他们不断更换公司。
Tatoeba #97419
彼は各地を転々と移動した。
He moved from place to place.
他辗转各地。
Tatoeba #101907

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3747b60316'); // 転々

{
  "id": "3747b60316",
  "word": "転々",
  "reading": "てんてん",
  "romaji": "tenten",
  "meanings": [
    "moving from place to place",
    "being passed around repeatedly"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to",
    "n",
    "vs"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1704220,
  "other_forms": [
    "転転"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼らは会社を転々とした。",
      "en": "They were transferred from one office to another.",
      "tatoeba_id": 97419
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は各地を転々と移動した。",
      "en": "He moved from place to place.",
      "tatoeba_id": 101907
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3eac593b63b1205e29e582583398696072403187aeb68ebad35a19518a99320b",
    "meanings": [
      "辗转",
      "不断变换"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼らは会社を転々とした。",
        "zh": "他们不断更换公司。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は各地を転々と移動した。",
        "zh": "他辗转各地。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/3747b60316",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1704220; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "転々表示多次辗转；点々表示零星分布。",
    "review_hash": "022a5dbc17bb5f6ff1138bf36ee3e9da2facc2fd1d3325a0327f720920bb8293"
  }
}