引っ越す|ひっこすhikkosu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto move (house); to change residence
    去年きょねんの秋あき、私わたしたちはニューヨークに引っ越ひっこした。↗
    We moved to New York last fall.
Conjugation
Dictionary form引っ越す(ひっこす)
Polite (masu)引っ越します(ひっこします)
Negative (nai)引っ越さない(ひっこさない)
polite (masen)引っ越しません(ひっこしません)
classical zu / nu引っ越さず・引っ越さぬ(ひっこさず・ひっこさぬ)
Past (ta)引っ越した(ひっこした)
polite (mashita)引っ越しました(ひっこしました)
Past negative (nakatta)引っ越さなかった(ひっこさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)引っ越しませんでした(ひっこしませんでした)
Te form引っ越して(ひっこして)
Potential引っ越せる(ひっこせる)
Passive引っ越される(ひっこされる)
Causative引っ越させる(ひっこさせる)
Causative passive引っ越させられる(ひっこさせられる)
Conditional (ba)引っ越せば(ひっこせば)
tara引っ越したら(ひっこしたら)
Volitional引っ越そう(ひっこそう)
polite (mashou)引っ越しましょう(ひっこしましょう)
Imperative引っ越せ(ひっこせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym引っ越しひっこしNeutralThe noun for the act of moving house, as in 「引っ越しの準備」; 「引っ越す」 is the verb.
  • Synonym移転いてんWrittenWritten/formal prose for relocating an office, institution or address, as in 「事務所移転」; carries an official, paperwork flavor.
  • SynonymうつるNeutralA broad verb for moving or shifting to another place or state, as in 「部屋を移る」; not limited to changing residence.
  • Synonym引き移るひきうつるWrittenA written-style verb for moving one's residence; rarely used in modern Japanese.
  • Synonym引き越すひきこすCasualA colloquial, old-fashioned way to say move house; very rarely heard today.
  • Antonym定住するWrittenThe written-style opposite of 「引っ越す」: to settle somewhere for good and stop moving.

For moving house, 「引っ越す」 is the default; use the noun 「引っ越し」 for the event. 「移転」 suits office or address relocations in formal prose, 「移る」 covers movement in general, and 「定住する」 means settling down instead.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. それまで利用りようしていた住居じゅうきょやオフィスなどを別べつの場所ばしょに変かえる。引っ越ひっこしをする。
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