単身赴任 husband-alone transfer●job transfer away from one's home●taking up a new post leaving one's family behind●transfer not accompanied by family

単身赴任した I left for my new post without my family.

単身赴任する be transferred to the location far away from one's family●live apart from one's family at the new workplace●live away from home for●work away from home

単身赴任に踏み切る decide to leave one's family behind

単身赴任のエンジニア an engineer who lived away from home on a job assignment

単身赴任の夫約250人と単身赴任の夫を持つ妻約300人が調査対象になりました The company surveyed about 250 husbands and about 300 wives of transferred husbands.◆file:MB000097.TXT

単身赴任者 business bachelor●job bachelor

単身赴任手当 unaccompanied duty allowance