左遷 (させん)demotion; relegation; reduction in rank

demotion; relegation; reduction in ranknoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

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Kanji in 左遷

左ひだりleft; left hand side
向かって左むかってひだりon the left as one faces (it)
左翼さよくleft-wing (politics)
左右さゆうleft and right; right and left
左派さはleft wing
左腕さわんleft arm
左前ひだりまえwearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
左手ひだりてleft hand
変遷へんせんchange; transition
遷都せんとrelocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
遷宮せんぐうinstallation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
マルコフ遷移マルコフせんいMarkov transition
一次遷移いちじせんいprimary succession
三遷さんせんthrice moving from house to house
三遷の教えさんせんのおしえthe importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
升遷しょうせんrising up

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