転移|てんいten'i[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbmoving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, medicinemetastasis; spread
3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, physicstransition (e.g. phase transition)
4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtransfer (of learning)
5. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtransference (in psychoanalysis)

• Synonym移転いてんNeutralRelocation of homes, offices or addresses, also transfer of rights or technology; stresses a wholesale move, while 「転移」 is mostly cancer spread or physical phase change.
• Synonym移動いどうNeutralMovement or change of position — the everyday, most common word. 「転移」 is a medical or academic term for spread or phase change, not for simply going places.
• Synonym移行いこうNeutralTransition to a new system or state; the focus is on switching from one institutional setup to another.
• Synonym移り変わりうつりかわりNeutralGradual change over time, e.g. of the seasons; highlights the change itself and says nothing about position, unlike 「転移」.
• Synonym推移すいいNeutralChange or trend over time, as in 「人口の推移」; the emphasis is on the course or trajectory things follow, rather than a single shift.
• Synonym変遷へんせんWrittenLong-term historical change; the time span is long and the tone strongly written, so it belongs to formal prose about how things have changed over the years.
• Synonym変移へんいWrittenChange or shift; written in flavour and rarely used.
• SynonymシフトNeutralLoanword for a shift or changeover, also a work shift; common in casual speech, as in 「シフトチェンジ」.
• SynonymうつすNeutralA verb: move or transfer something, and also pass on an illness; very wide in use where 「転移」 is the noun for the spread or change itself.
• Synonym変わりかわりNeutralChange or something out of the ordinary; frequent in casual speech, as in 「お変わりありませんか」.
• Synonym変化へんかNeutralThe most common, all-purpose word for change. 「転移」 narrows to moving elsewhere or becoming another state — cancer spread, phase change, state transition.
• Synonym変転へんてんWrittenDrastic, rapid change in a situation or one's fortunes; stresses how violent the change is and says nothing about moving elsewhere. A written word.
• Synonym遷移せんいWrittenA written term for transition in scientific and computing contexts, i.e. state changes; in that technical sense it sits close to physical 「転移」.
• Synonym転変てんぺんWrittenThe ups and downs of worldly affairs, best known from 「有為転変」; a written word for constant, unpredictable change.
• Related切り替えきりかえNeutralSwitching from one state or mode to another, whether done by hand or automatically by a device; 「転移」 is about something moving elsewhere or turning into another state.
• RelatedコンバートNeutralLoanword for converting data formats or moving a player to a different defensive position; distinct from 「転移」.
• Related変化へんかNeutralThe most common, all-purpose word for change. 「転移」 narrows to moving elsewhere or becoming another state — cancer spread, phase change, state transition.
• Related転換てんかんNeutralA change of policy or direction; the emphasis is on the turn itself, a break to a new course.
• Related変更へんこうNeutralDeliberate human revision of plans, schedules or content. 「転移」 describes the thing itself moving, spreading or changing state.
• Related変動へんどうNeutralFluctuation — prices, markets, the situation rising and falling; the focus is on the ups and downs, not on a move to another place.
• Related移送いそうNeutralTransferring a person or a case somewhere else, e.g. a suspect to prosecutors; the stress is on a deliberate, human-conducted transfer.
• Related組み替えくみかえNeutralRearranging or recombining — reclassifying, reshuffling classes; the point is the reorganization itself.
• Related過渡かとWrittenThe in-between stage while the old gives way to the new; it names a phase of the process, not the change itself. Written register.
• RelatedずらすNeutralA verb: nudge something aside or stagger a time — move a meeting slightly. Colloquial, and narrow in scope compared with 「転移」.
• Related転送てんそうNeutralForwarding mail or email, transferring a call or patient, sending data on; the stress is on passing something along, not on the change itself.
• Related動かすうごかすNeutralA verb: make something move, and also move people's hearts; far broader in use than 「転移」.
• Related動きうごきNeutralA noun for movement or motion, and also for trends, developments and fluctuations; its focus is on the motion itself, where 「転移」 is a spread or transition.
• Antonym定着ていちゃくNeutralAntonym: settling in and taking root — a custom or system becoming established; the opposite of 「転移」's moving and spreading.
• Antonym固定こていNeutralAntonym: fixing something in place so it does not move or change; directly opposed to 「転移」.

Use 「転移」 for cancer spreading elsewhere and for physical phase or state changes, as in 「がんの転移」. For ordinary movement say 「移動」, for relocating a home or office 「移転」, and for a changeover to a new system 「移行」. 「変化」 is the all-purpose word for change; time-course words like 「推移」, 「移り変わり」 and written 「変遷」 describe gradual change over time. Verbs 「移す」 and 「動かす」 cover making things move; 「転送」 is forwarding, 「移送」 official transfer, 「ずらす」 a slight nudge. Antonyms 「固定」 and 「定着」 mean staying put.

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

1. 移り変うつりかわること。
2. 癌がんが身体からだの他ほかの部位ぶいに新あらたな病巣びょうそうを作つくること。