単身赴任

たんしんふにん

(intra-company) job transfer away from one's family; unaccompanied posting

Common word

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
(intra-company) job transfer away from one's family; unaccompanied posting

Example sentences

今いま流行りゅうこうの、単身赴任たんしんふにん族ぞくの淋さびしさを、ちょっぴり味あじわわせてもらったのも、有意義ゆういぎな体験たいけんだ。

It was a meaningful experience for me to get a small taste of the loneliness people feel when they've made the now-popular decision to leave their families and work elsewhere.