転校

てんこう · tenkou · JLPT N3 · noun

school

🏫🎒 転校 = turn/shift (転) + school (校): you shift to a new school

転 means turn or shift, as in 回転 (rotation) and 転勤 (job transfer). 校 is the school kanji from 学校. Together they mean shifting from one school to another. A transfer student is a 転校生 (tenkousei).

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