転送|てんそうtensou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtransfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtransfer (of data); transmission
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 転送する(てんそうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 転送します(てんそうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 転送しない(てんそうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 転送しません(てんそうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 転送せず・転送せぬ(てんそうせず・てんそうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 転送した(てんそうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 転送しました(てんそうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 転送しなかった(てんそうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 転送しませんでした(てんそうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 転送して(てんそうして) |
| Potential | 転送できる(てんそうできる) |
| Passive | 転送される(てんそうされる) |
| Causative | 転送させる(てんそうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 転送させられる(てんそうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 転送すれば(てんそうすれば) |
| tara | 転送したら(てんそうしたら) |
| Volitional | 転送しよう(てんそうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 転送しましょう(てんそうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 転送しろ(てんそうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym回送かいそうNeutralCovers redirecting mail, but also moving trains or buses empty to another location; 「転送」 is mostly for forwarding mail, calls, and data.
- SynonymうつすNeutralMeans moving something to another place, or shifting attention; 「転送」 centers on forwarding mail and transmitting data.
- Synonym回付かいふWrittenOfficialese for referring documents or bills to the department in charge; in everyday speech 「転送」 or 「回す」 is used instead.
- Related転移てんいNeutralRefers to a change or shift in position or state, especially the spread of cancer (metastasis); not used for forwarding mail or data.
- Related移転いてんNeutralUsed for moving house or changing address, and for transferring property; 「転送」 means sending something you have received on to another place.
- Related移動いどうNeutralThe broadest term for moving people or things from place to place; 「転送」 specifically means resending something received, or data, elsewhere.
- Related伝達でんたつNeutralMeans relaying orders or information to someone; 「転送」 stresses passing something on unchanged, as in forwarding mail or data.
- Related移送いそうWrittenFormal written term for transferring a person or thing elsewhere, such as a patient, a suspect, or a case to another institution.
- Related伝えるつたえるNeutralA verb for telling or passing on information to someone; it does not carry the sense of resending something received, as 「転送」 does.
Use 「転送」 for forwarding emails, calls, and data. For moving house or transferring property say 「移転」; for moving people or things, 「移動」 or 「移す」; for officially passing documents on, 「回付」. 「伝達」 is for relaying information, 「転移」 for shifts of state or cancer spread, and 「移送」 for formally moving patients or suspects.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


