移動|いどうidou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmovement; transfer; migration; removal; travel
   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.
2. prenominal modifiermobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving

• Synonym移転いてんNeutralRelocation of an address, such as a company or shop moving premises; also covers transfer of rights or property. 「移動」focuses on the change of location itself.
• Synonym転移てんいWrittenWritten word for something spreading or shifting elsewhere — most often cancer metastasis, also phase transitions in physics. Not used for people going places.
• Synonym移行いこうWrittenA shift from one state to another, such as a transition to a new system; the focus is on states, not places.
• Synonym移りうつりNeutralChange or transition; also a small gift placed inside a container when returning it. Today it mostly appears as part of compounds and is rarely used alone.
• SynonymずらすNeutralTo nudge something slightly out of place, or shift a time, as in 「予定をずらす」. The movement involved is small.
• SynonymうつすNeutralEveryday verb for moving something somewhere else; also diverting attention or putting plans into action. 「移動する」sounds more formal.
• Synonym動かすうごかすNeutralTo set something in motion or shift it; also to move someone's heart or run a machine. The thing need not change position.
• Synonym動きうごきNeutralMovement in a broad sense — trends and activity, as in 「市場の動き」, or actual motion, as in 「人の動き」. 「移動」specifically means changing location.
• Related移送いそうWrittenWritten word for transferring or escorting people or things elsewhere; typical contexts include handing over suspects and referring cases to another authority.
• Related転換てんかんNeutralA switch in policy or direction, as in 「方向転換」or 「気分転換」; it does not refer to physically changing location.
• Related転送てんそうNeutralForwarding mail, calls, files or data somewhere else, or transmitting between devices. 「移動」means moving something itself to a new position.
• Related移入いにゅうWrittenWritten word for bringing something in from outside; also appears in 「感情移入」, projecting one's feelings into a work. The direction is always inward.
• Related動どうWrittenMotion or dynamism, usually paired with 「静」, as in 「動と静」. Rarely used alone and does not refer to concrete relocation.
• Related変位へんいWrittenA physics term for displacement — an object's change of position and the amount of that change. Not used in everyday speech.
• Antonym静止せいしWrittenWritten word for standing still, the opposite of the change of position that 「移動」describes.
• Antonym停止ていしNeutralComing to a stop partway through movement or activity, the opposite of ongoing 「移動」; also covers suspending operations, e.g. a business.

Use 「移動」for people or things changing location. For a company or shop relocating, or transfer of property, use 「移転」; for a shift from one state to another, 「移行」; for forwarding mail, calls or data, 「転送」. In everyday speech, moving things is 「移す」or 「動かす」. Others cover narrower senses: 「転移」(spread, metastasis), 「移送」(official transfer), 「変位」(physics displacement), and so on.

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

1. 人ひとやものが存在そんざいする場所ばしょを他ほかへ移うつすこと。場所ばしょを移うつること。また、その動作どうさ。
2. 他ほかの場所ばしょへ移うつる。
3. 〔人ひとやものを〕他たの場所ばしょへ移うつす。