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career change; switching professions
Changing one's occupation or role, especially a significant shift to a different field or way of life.
会社員から作家に転身した。
He switched from being a company employee to a writer.
引退後、指導者に転身する選手も多い。
Many athletes switch to coaching after retirement.
彼女は銀行員を辞めて華麗に転身し、今ではパティシエとして活躍している。
She left her bank job and made a brilliant career change — she is now active as a pastry chef.
転身 is a noun that can function as a suru verb (転身する).
PARTICLE PATTERNS:
- [old role]から[new role]に転身する (switch from X to Y)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 華麗な転身 (a brilliant career change)
- 大きな転身 (a major career change)
- 転身を図る (to aim for a career change)
Often implies a dramatic or noteworthy change rather than a routine job switch. The phrase 華麗な転身 (brilliant career change) is particularly common in media describing public figures who successfully reinvent themselves.