移り|うつりutsuri[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nountransferring; transitioning; changing
2. noungift placed inside a container when returning it

• Synonym移動いどうNeutralMoving from place to place, as in 「移動中」; centers on physical space.
• Synonym変移へんいWrittenWritten/formal prose for change or transition, but rare; 変遷 is the usual choice.
• Synonym変わりかわりNeutralChange or something out of the ordinary, as in 「お変わりありませんか」.
• Synonym変化へんかNeutralThe most general and widely used word for change. 移り emphasizes the transition from one state or place to another.
• Related移り変わりうつりかわりNeutralThe usual word for the changing of eras and seasons, as in 「季節の移り変わり」. 移り rarely stands alone: it mostly forms compounds or means a return gift.
• Related変化へんかNeutralThe most general and widely used word for change. 移り emphasizes the transition from one state or place to another.
• Related変動へんどうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Fluctuation in figures or markets, or major change in society and the situation, as in 「価格変動」「社会変動」.
• Related変遷へんせんWrittenWritten/formal prose for change over time, stressing the historical process, as in 「言葉の変遷」.
• Related転移てんいWrittenWritten/formal prose for shifting or spreading; in medicine, cancer metastasis. A technical term.
• Related変転へんてんWrittenWritten/formal prose for violent, constant shifts in a situation, as in 「変転極まりない」; carries a sense of turbulence.
• Related動きうごきNeutralMovement or trends, as in 「市場の動き」; stresses activity rather than transition.
• Related転換てんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for switching a policy or direction, as in 「方針転換」.
• Related変更へんこうNeutralModification or revision of plans, as in 「予定変更」; stresses deliberate human alteration.
• Related移行いこうWrittenWritten/formal prose for moving over to a new system or stage, as in 「新体制へ移行」.
• Related移転いてんNeutralRelocation of an address, as in 「事務所移転」; centers on physical places.
• Related推移すいいWrittenWritten/formal prose for how a situation shifts over time, as in 「人口の推移」; common in statistics.
• Related変容へんようWrittenWritten/formal prose for a change in overall appearance, as in 「都市の変容」.
• Related変換へんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for conversion, as in 「漢字変換」; leans technical.
• Related過渡かとWrittenWritten/formal prose for a transitional stage, mostly in 「過渡期」.
• RelatedチェンジCasualColloquial loanword for changing or swapping, as in 「チェンジする」; never for the passing of eras or seasons.
• Related遷移せんいWrittenWritten/formal prose, a scientific term for the transition of states, as in 「状態遷移」.
• Related移ろいうつろいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the quiet, gradual changing of the seasons or of people's hearts; literary, with a tinge of impermanence.
• Antonym止まりとまりNeutralAntonym: stopping or coming to an end, the opposite of the movement and change of 「移り」.
• Antonym定着ていちゃくWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose: settling and taking root, the opposite of constant change.

「移り」 rarely stands alone: it mostly appears in compounds like 「心移り」「目移り」, or means a return gift. For the passing of seasons and eras use 「移り変わり」; for change in general use 「変化」; for historical change over time use 「変遷」. Formal alternatives cover specific shades: 「変動」 for market or social fluctuations, 「移行」 for a shift to a new system, 「推移」 for statistical trends, 「転換」 for policy changes, 「変更」 for revising plans, 「移転」 for relocation. When something settles instead of changing, say 「定着」.

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

1. ある状態じょうたいから別べつの状態じょうたいへ変かわること。
2. 借かりた物ものを返かえすときに、中なかに入いれて返かえす品物しなもの。