How to say "relocation" in Japanese

• 移設いせつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the physical relocation of a facility, institution, or factory to a different site; it concerns moving structures and installations, not people or a change of address.
• 移転いてんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers moving or relocation in the sense of changing address or location — a home, shop, or office moving elsewhere; when 'relocation' means a change of address, this is the word to reach for.
  ４月がつ１日ついたち、南洋なんようフーズ株式会社かぶしきがいしゃは横浜よこはまの新社屋しんしゃおくに移転いてんします。↗

  On April 1, Nanyo Foods Co. Ltd. will move to its new building in Yokohama.
• 異動いどうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbUsed for relocation in the personnel sense: a transfer or reassignment to a different post or department within an organization, not the moving of offices or homes.
• 出向しゅっこうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbIts 'relocation' sense is a personnel matter: it really means a temporary transfer or secondment of an employee, often to another company, and is seldom what you want for relocating offices, homes, or facilities.
  私はその会社かいしゃに出向中しゅっこうちゅうだ。↗

  I'm on loan to the firm.
• 再配置さいはいちCommon
  nounCovers relocation as rearrangement or reallocation: repositioning things such as resources or assets within a larger scheme, rather than a move to a new address or a personnel transfer.

Choose 移転 for moving a home or office to a new address, 移設 for physically relocating facilities, 異動 and 出向 for personnel moves (the latter temporary), and 再配置 for rearranging or reallocating things.

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• 移設いせつrelocation (of facilities, an institution, factory, etc.)
• 移転いてんmoving
• 異動いどう(personnel) change
• 出向しゅっこうtemporary transfer (of an employee)
• 再配置さいはいちrearrangement
• リロケーションrelocation