単身赴任

Reading

Kana: たんしんふにん

Romaji: tanshinfunin

Definition

noun

vs

1

job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

単

Readings: タン、 ひとえ

Meanings: simple, one, single, merely

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

赴

Readings: フ、 おもむ.く

Meanings: proceed, get, become, tend

任

Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す

Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint