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> 高校を卒業してから弟はいろんな会社を転々とした.

Translation: After graduation my brother wandered from job to job.

Here, are both を's (高校 **を** 卒業 and いろんな会社 **を** 転々とした) used in the direct
object sense or in the directional "leaving" sense? For the latter: my brother
graduated _from_ his school; he wandered _from_ job to job.
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particles
Direct object or directional を
### 高校を卒業

Japanese 卒業する takes institutions as **direct object** , unlike English
_graduate from_. I remember how my English teacher was telling us not to say
something like "graduate high school".

### いろんな会社を転々とした

Your translation is correct, but を corresponds to "from ... to ..." in your
sentence. Most Japanese movement verbs take **locations where they take
place** with を. I guess most of the native speakers couldn't tell the usage
from the direct object one. [A
dictionary](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/239138/m0u/%E3%82%92/) says:

> 移動の意を表す動詞に応じて、動作の経由する場所を示す。…を通って。「山道―行く」「廊下―走る」「山―越す」  
>  Indicates location where the action pass through, used with a verb of
> motion; through/via ...; "go _on_ the mountain road", "run _in_ a hall", "go
> across the mountain"

P.S.  
Maybe it's more understandable to assume all these verbs have invisible
English prepositions built in, like 行く "to go-on", 走る "to run-in", 転々とする "to
wander-around" etc.
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