転校 (tenkou)

change schools

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

転校 (てんこう, tenkou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “change schools”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

かれ昨年さくねん 転校てんこうした。

He changed school last year.

「意外な趣味だな・・・転校生」「俺は可愛いから許す」

"That's an unusual hobby she's got, the transfer student." "She's cute so it's fine with me."

転校生が来ると聞いてクラスはざわざわと色めき立った。

Hearing that a transfer student was coming, the class buzzed with excitement.

転校生は先生の鉛筆を削って機嫌をとった。

The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.