| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 変遷 | へんせん | change, transition, vicissitudes |
| 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 |
| 左遷 | させん | demotion, degradation |
| 遷す | うつす | to change, to swap, to substitute, to transfer; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) |
| 遷る | うつる | 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) |
| マルコフ遷移 | マルコフせんい | Markov transition |
| 遷移 | せんい | transition |
| 東遷 | とうせん | moving (the capital) east |
| 遷座 | せんざ | relocation of a shrine, transfer of an object of worship |