How to say "transfer" in Japanese

• 移動いどうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe broad noun for movement or transfer from one place to another. Use it when you simply mean that people or things move or are moved, in a neutral, general way.
  平和へいわな丘おかや田園でんえん地帯ちたいから、通とおりがあり群衆ぐんしゅうがいる忙いそがしい世界せかいへと移動いどうするのである。↗

  They are moving from the peaceful hills and the countryside to the busy world of streets and crowds.
• うつすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA transitive verb meaning to transfer something to a different place or group, or to move, change or swap it. Use it when someone actively shifts a thing or person elsewhere.
  委員会いいんかいは別べつのホールに会場かいじょうを移うつした。↗

  The committee adjourned to another hall.
• 転送てんそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for forwarding or redirecting: transferring a call or a patient on, or forwarding a letter or email. Use it for calls, patients and mail, not for moving objects in general.
• 乗り換えるのりかえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe travel sense of 'transfer': changing from one train or bus to another during a journey. When 'transfer' means switching trains or buses on the way, this is the verb you want.
  東京駅とうきょうえきで列車れっしゃを乗り換のりかえなさい。↗

  Change trains at Tokyo Station.
• 譲渡じょうとCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe legal sense of 'transfer': assignment or conveyance, handing over ownership, rights or property. Use it when a transfer means passing ownership or rights to someone; it is not the word for physically moving things.

移動 is general movement, 「うつす」 moves something to a different place or group, 転送 transfers calls or patients and forwards letters or email, 「乗り換える」 changes trains or buses, and 譲渡 is legal transfer of ownership or rights.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 移動いどうmovement
• うつすto transfer (to a different place, group, etc.)
• 転送てんそうtransfer (of a call, patient, etc.)
• 乗り換えるのりかえるto transfer (trains)
• 譲渡じょうとtransfer
• 移籍いせきtransfer (of one's name into another family register)
• 乗り換えのりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)
• 移送いそうtransfer
• 譲るゆずるto hand over
• 異動いどう(personnel) change
• 転写てんしゃtranscription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.)
• 振替ふりかえtransfer
• 繰り入れるくりいれるto transfer (esp. money in)
• 譲与じょうよtransfer
• デカルコマニーtransfer
• 乗り移るのりうつるto change (buses, boats, etc.)
• 振り替えるふりかえるto change (e.g. a bill)
• 受け渡しうけわたしdelivery
• 授受じゅじゅgiving and receiving
• 移譲いじょうhanding over (of a right, property, etc.)
• 伝達でんたつtransmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity)
• 書き換えるかきかえるto rewrite
• 繰り越しくりこしcarry-over (of a balance, annual leave, etc.)
• トランスファーtransfer
• デカールdecal
• 乗り継ぎのりつぎtransit (passenger)
• 譲り受けゆずりうけtransfer
• 委譲いじょうtransfer (of authority, power, etc.)
• 譲り渡しゆずりわたしtransfer
• 移し替えうつしかえtransfer
• 乗り移すのりうつすto transfer (a stowaway)
• 振替輸送ふりかえゆそうtransfer (of passengers or freight)
• 移受換いじゅかんtransfer (of a pension)
• 移監いかんtransfer (of a prisoner to another institution of confinement)
• 移し変えるうつしかえるto shift something to
• 繰り越すくりこすto carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet)
• 受け渡すうけわたすto deliver
• 飛び越しとびこしjump
• 転所てんしょchange of location (address, nursery school, institute, etc.)
• 移行いこうtransfer (of powers, weight, etc.)
• 移転いてんtransfer (of deeds, property, etc.)
• 入れ替えるいれかえるto move (something)
• 転入てんにゅうtransfer (to a new school)
• 転出てんしゅつtransfer (to a new post)
• 回すまわすto move (someone or something to where its needed)
• 渡すわたすto hand over
• つなげるto transfer (phone call)
• ムーブmovement (of data)
• 書き換えかきかえtransfer (of ownership)
• 繰り込むくりこむto incorporate (in)
• 申し送りもうしおくりhanding over (to a successor)
• 申し送るもうしおくるto hand over (one's business to a successor)
• つなぐto transfer (phone call)
• 飛ばすとばすto transfer (to a less important post)
• 転移てんいtransfer (of learning)