Kanji1 / 9
退 kanji
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
しりぞくしりぞけるひくのくのけるどく
Words with 退
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —結婚退社resigning because of marriage
- —退行現象regression to an earlier stage (e.g. infantile)
- —退職勧奨encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
- —生前退位abdication of an emperor (before demise)
- —国外退去deportation
- —引退宣言announcement of one's retirement
- —結婚退職resigning from one's job when one gets married; retirement due to marriage; leaving a job because of marriage
- —自主退学voluntary withdrawal from school; dropping out of school of one's own accord
- —退屈しのぎkilling time; staving off boredom
- —隠退蔵物資secretly hoarded goods (esp. those belonging to the Japanese military at the end of WWII)
- —進退窮まるto be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
- —退路を断つto cut off the retreat
- —後退的論証regressive probation
- —退行テストregression test
- —戦略的撤退strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
- —退職金制度retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan
- —定年退職者retired person (who has reached retirement age); retiree
- —個人退職口座individual retirement account; IRA
- —早期退職制度early retirement program; early retirement programme
- —自己都合退職voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons