Kana: うつる
Kanji: 移る
Romaji: utsuru

Type: Verb
Meaning: to move (house), to transfer (department), to change the target of interest or concern, to elapse (passage of time), to be permeated by a colour or scent, to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
JLPT level: N4

Example sentences:

皆は隣の部屋に移った。
minna wa tonari no heya ni utsutta.
Everyone passed into the next room.

僕はここの地区へ移って来たんでね。
boku wa koko no chiku e utsutte kitan de ne.
I have moved into this area, you know.

富と力が中東に移った。
Wealth and power moved to the Middle East.
Tomi to chikara ga Chūtō ni utsutta.

午後の日差しもかなり移っている。
The afternoon has advanced.
Gogo no hizashi mo kanari utsutte iru.

取引場所は店舗から路上へと移った。
Trade moved from the shop on to the street.
Torihiki basho wa tenpo kara rojō e to utsutta.

正式に民主党に移ったのは１９９０年になってからだ。
It was not until 1990 that he officially switched to the Democratic Party.
Seishiki ni minshutō ni utsutta no wa 1990-nen ni natte kara da.

医療保険や年金、生涯学習の期待といった面で、労働市場の機動性が高まれば、新しい業界やニッチの仕事に飛び込むことも、破綻寸前の企業から繁栄している企業へ移ることもたやすくなる。
iryou hoken ya nenkin, shougai gakushuu no kitai to itta men de, roudou shijou no kidousei ga takamareba, atarashii gyoukai ya nicchi no shigoto ni tobikomu koto mo, hatan sunzen no kigyou kara han’ei shite iru kigyou e utsuru koto mo tayasuku naru.
The more the workforce feels mobile—in terms of health care, pension benefits, and lifelong learning possibilities—the more it will be willing and able to jump into the new industries and new job niches and to move from dying companies to thriving companies.

彼の視線は食堂の別の側に移った。
kare no shisen wa shokudou no betsu no soba ni utsutta.
His glance shifted to the other side of the carriage.

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 移 (yí)
Korean: 옮기다 (olmgida)
In French: se déplacer
In Spanish: mover
In German: bewegen
In Italian: spostare