Lingaku移す【うつす】
Frequency rank: 2,632. – 2,634.
- to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
- to change the object of one's interest or focus
- to spend or take time
- to infectsee also 風邪を移す
- to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
- to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)see also 実行に移す
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
- to change the object of one's interest or focus
- to spend or take time
- to infect
- to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
- to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
This meaning refers to the act of changing one thing for another, often in contexts like objects or positions.
We swapped our positions in soccer.
This implies shifting one's attention or focus from one subject or thing to another.
This meaning focuses on the allocation of time to various activities or tasks.
This refers to the act of transmitting a disease or illness from one person or organism to another.
The illness infected the entire family.
This meaning suggests the act of making another substance imbued with a particular scent or hue.
This usage highlights advancing from one phase to another in a plan or process.
Generated collocations (experimental)
うつす移すきごう(うつすきごう)to change; to swap; to substitute; to transferうつす移すさぎょう作業transfer workしりょう資料をうつす移すto transfer materialsきもち気持ちをうつす移すto change one's feelingsばしょ場所をうつす移すto change locationsかんせん感染をうつす移すto transmit an infectionいろ色をうつす移すto transfer colorじかん時間をうつす移すto spend timeつぎ次のだんかい段階にうつす移すto move on to the next stageちゅうい注意をうつす移すto shift attentionかれ彼にうつす移すto transfer to him
Example sentences
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Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
No sooner had the idea occurred to her than she put it into action.
They suggested that we should put the plan into practice right now.
He always plans a thing out carefully before he does it.