赴任

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 赴任 is read as ふにん and is a noun and する verb for traveling to an assigned place to take up a new post.
• Basic usage: Taking a regional post appears in 地方へ赴任する, while arriving at a new school appears in 学校に赴任してくる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Position combined with relocation
  • It includes not only receiving a role but also moving to the assigned workplace to begin it.
• Difference from 就任
  • 就任 focuses on assuming a position, whereas 赴任 also includes going to the place of assignment to start work.