How to say "to move (house) from A to B" (change residence) in Japanese? How to say "to move (house) from A to B" (change residence) in Japanese? Here, it says the word is hikkosu, so I searched it on my dictionary and could not find how to use it in the complex pattern "from A to B". Four precise questions: (1) What is the correct verb for "to move (house)"/"to change residence"? (2) How to use it in the complex pattern "move from A to B"? (3) My dictionary uses the particle and to express the direction in the simple pattern "move to B". Can I use in this simple pattern "move to B"? (Paul move to the U.S. --> Paul) (4) Can I use ?

As for 1, is the most common word in speech. A synonymous kango is . If you go far (e.g. to a foreign country) on a permanent basis, can be used as well. When you move from Tokyo to Osaka and back to Tokyo again, this can be described as

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Here you cannot use . When you do , usually you'll never return.

2 and 3: _to move from A to B_ is usually AB(). B is not impossible, but much less common.

For 4, no. in a similar usage would mean _to travel_. E.g., () means _(I) travelled from Tokyo to NY._