転校先(てんこうさき)

てんこうさき
noun
new school (after transfer); school one transfers to
1. new school after transfer; destination school
the school a student moves to when transferring from one school to another
転校先(てんこうさき)はもう決(き)まった？
Have you decided on your new school yet?
転校先(てんこうさき)の学校(がっこう)で友達(ともだち)ができるか心配(しんぱい)だ。
I'm worried about whether I'll make friends at my new school.
父(ちち)の転勤(てんきん)で引(ひ)っ越(こ)すことになり、転校先(てんこうさき)を探(さが)すのに苦労(くろう)した。
Due to my father's job transfer we had to move, and it was a struggle finding a new school.

Composed of 転校(てんこう) (school transfer) + 先(さき) (destination). The suffix 先(さき) is commonly used to indicate where something is directed: 引越(ひっこ)し先(さき) (place one moves to), 就職先(しゅうしょくさき) (place of employment), 旅行先(りょこうさき) (travel destination).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 転校先(てんこうさき)の学校(がっこう): the new school
  • 転校先(てんこうさき)が決(き)まる: the new school is decided
  • 転校先(てんこうさき)を探(さが)す: to look for a new school
  • 転校先(てんこうさき)で慣(な)れる: to get used to the new school

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 転校(てんこう): school transfer — the act of transferring itself
  • 転入先(てんにゅうさき): place of enrollment — more formal/administrative term for the receiving school
  • 転校生(てんこうせい): transfer student — the student who transfers
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