N2639/1725

転てん々てん

adverbadverb taking the と particlenounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb する

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てんてん

Meanings

moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
rolling about

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Example sentences

彼かれは仕事しごとの都合つごうで全国ぜんこくを転々てんてんとしている。

He is moving from place to place across the country for work reasons.

その古ふるい日記にっきは何人なんにんもの手てを転々てんてんと渡わたってきた。

That old diary has been passed around through many people's hands.

子供こどもの頃ころ、親おやの転勤てんきんで転々てんてんとしたせいか、どこにいても落おち着つける。

Perhaps because I moved from place to place due to my parents' job transfers when I was a child, I can feel at home anywhere.

犯人はんにんはアジアの各国かっこくを転々てんてんとしながら逃亡とうぼうを続つづけた。

The criminal continued to flee, moving from country to country across Asia.

彼女かのじょは定職ていしょくを持もたず、アルバイトを転々てんてんとしてきたが、ようやく安定あんていした職しょくに就ついた。

She had been drifting from part-time job to part-time job without steady employment, but she finally landed a stable position.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)