うつす・移す・遷すutsusu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move (something); to swap; to substitute; to relocate
   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.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.)
   知しっていることと行動こうどうに移うつすことは別べつだ。↗

   To know is one thing, and to do is another.
3. godan verb, transitive verbto divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different)
4. godan verb, transitive verbto spend (time); to let (time) pass
5. godan verb, transitive verbto infect (someone); to spread (an infection); to pass (a disease)occ. written 感染す or 伝染す
   風邪かぜを人ひとに移うつすと治なおるって本当ほんとう？↗

   Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
6. godan verb, transitive verbto permeate (something; with a color or smell); to infuse; to let soak (into)

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

• Synonym移動いどうNeutralA noun and suru-verb for movement between places, including staff transfers; 「移す」 is a transitive verb that stresses moving something to a different spot.
• Synonym移転いてんNeutralFor relocating a shop, office or institution, or transferring rights; 「移す」 is broader, covering attention, plans and more.
• Synonym転移てんいWrittenWritten register. Intransitive, for shifting or spreading — often cancer metastasis or phase transitions in physics; technical. 「移す」 is transitive.
• Synonym移送いそうWrittenWritten register: transporting a person or thing elsewhere — suspects, patients, case handovers. 「移す」 is the more everyday, general word.
• Synonym転送てんそうNeutralFor sending something received on to another place — forwarding email, transferring calls. 「移す」 broadly covers changing position, attention or advancing a plan.
• Synonym動かすうごかすNeutralFor making something move or changing its state, also for touching people's hearts; 「移す」 focuses on shifting something from one place to another.
• SynonymずらすNeutralFor nudging something slightly or staggering a time, as in 「日程をずらす」; 「移す」 can involve moving things a long way.
• Related渡すわたすNeutralFor handing something to someone (also laying a bridge across); the item reaches the other party's hands. 「移す」 shifts location or ownership, no receiver required.
• Related伝達でんたつWrittenWritten register: conveying information or orders to someone — the focus is the message. 「移す」 is about moving objects, attention or action.
• Related回付かいふWrittenWritten register: passing documents on to another department, mainly in official paperwork. 「移す」 is not limited to documents and is more everyday.
• Related伝えるつたえるNeutralFor conveying or telling information, also passing on skills or conducting heat and electricity; unlike 「移す」, it does not move things to a new spot.
• Related連れ出すつれだすNeutralFor taking someone out, say to lunch or for a walk; 「移す」 is not limited to people, nor to taking them out.
• Related配置転換はいちてんかんWrittenWritten register: personnel reshuffles within an organization. 「移す」 can cover moving staff too, but its range is much wider.
• Related配転はいてんNeutralA short form of 「配置転換」 for job reassignment, mainly workplace talk; 「移す」 applies far more widely.
• Related移し変えるうつしかえるNeutralFor moving something into a different container or spot, or replacing contents — repotting, pouring into another vessel; the stress is on the change of destination.
• Related転置てんちWrittenWritten register: swapping positions, chiefly the transposed matrix in mathematics — technical. In everyday speech say 「移す」 or 「入れ替える」.
• Antonym留めるとどめるWrittenWritten register: also for keeping a change within bounds and preserving the status quo — the opposite of 「移す」, which changes where things are.
• Antonym据えるすえるNeutralFor placing or fixing something so it stays put, as in 「機械を据える」 — the opposite of moving it elsewhere.

Use 「移す」 to move a thing, a person or your attention somewhere else — it is the everyday, general choice. For relocating a shop or organization, say 「移転」; for shifting something slightly, 「ずらす」; for forwarding mail or transferring a call, 「転送」; for handing something to someone, 「渡す」.

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

1. 物ものを、ある場所ばしょから他ほかの場所ばしょへ動うごかす。
2. （遷うつす）神仏しんぶつを遷座せんざさせる。
3. 方向ほうこうを転てんじる。関心かんしんをよせる対象たいしょうを変かえる。
4. 次つぎの段階だんかいに進すすめる。
5. 時間じかんを経過けいかさせる。
6. あるものの色いろやにおいを別べつのものにしみこませる。
7. 病気びょうきを伝染でんせんさせる。