1.
incorporation, enrollment, transfer admission
Formally including someone or something into an existing group, organization, or system. In education, it refers specifically to transferring into a school or university partway through the program.
大学に編入する。
To transfer into a university.
短大から四年制大学の三年次に編入した。
I transferred from a junior college into the third year of a four-year university.
その地域は市町村合併により隣の市に編入された。
That area was incorporated into the neighboring city through a municipal merger.
USAGE:
Most commonly encountered in educational contexts as 編入学 (transfer admission) or 編入試験 (transfer entrance exam). Also used in administrative and military contexts for incorporating units or territories.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 編入試験: transfer entrance examination
- 編入学: transfer enrollment
- ～に編入する: to be incorporated into
- 三年次編入: third-year transfer