異動

• 読み: いどう
• ローマ字: idou
• 漢字の分解: 異 (i) — different, unusual; 動 (dō) — move, motion
• 発音: /i.doː/

意味

Personnel transfer; job reassignment. A change in position or department within an organisation.

A noun that also functions as a suru verb (異動する). Specifically refers to personnel changes within a company or organisation — department transfers, promotions, relocations. Distinct from 移動 (physical movement). Common patterns include 人事異動 (personnel reshuffle), 部署異動 (department transfer), and 異動になる (to be transferred). A word heard frequently during April, the start of the Japanese fiscal year.

例文

1. 来月から大阪支社に異動になった。
2. 春は人事異動が多い時期だ。
3. 彼女は営業部から企画部に異動した。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, human resources, corporate life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 異 (i, different/unusual) and 動 (dō, move). Literally 'moving to a different place' — specifically within an organisational context.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Working adults

社会的背景: Professional