出向(しゅっこう)

しゅっこう
noun; verb (suru)
temporary transfer; secondment
1. temporary transfer; secondment
An employment arrangement where an employee is temporarily assigned to work at a different company or department while maintaining their original employment relationship.
来月(らいげつ)から子会社(こがいしゃ)に出向(しゅっこう)することになった。
I'll be on secondment to a subsidiary starting next month.
出向(しゅっこう)先(さき)での経験(けいけん)が役(やく)に立(た)った。
The experience at my secondment company was useful.
3年間(ねんかん)の出向(しゅっこう)を終(お)えて本社(ほんしゃ)に戻(もど)った。
I returned to headquarters after a three-year secondment.

TYPES OF SECONDMENT:

  • 在籍(ざいせき)出向(しゅっこう) (secondment while remaining on original company's roster)
  • 転籍(てんせき)出向(しゅっこう) (transfer with change of employer - permanent)

RELATED BUSINESS TERMS:

  • 出向(しゅっこう)先(さき) (destination company for secondment)
  • 出向(しゅっこう)元(もと) (original/sending company)
  • 出向(しゅっこう)社員(しゃいん) (seconded employee)
  • 転勤(てんきん) (job transfer within the same company)

JAPANESE BUSINESS CONTEXT: 出向(しゅっこう) is a common practice in Japanese companies, often used to:

  • Train employees at affiliated companies
  • Support struggling subsidiaries
  • Develop business relationships between companies
  • Manage excess personnel without layoffs

Related Words

Contrast: 転勤(てんきん) (internal transfer)
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Added 2026.1.19 8:18 · Revised 2026.1.24 23:24
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