N11808/3019

いんきょ

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verbhistorical term

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Meanings

  • retirement (from work), leading a quiet life (after retirement)
  • retired person, retiree
  • surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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Example sentences

祖父そふ七十歳ななじゅっさい隠居いんきょして、田舎いなかしずかな生活せいかつおくっている。

My grandfather retired at seventy and is living a quiet life in the countryside.

かれはまだ五十代ごじゅうだいなのに、もう隠居いんきょ同然どうぜんらしをしている。

Even though he is still in his fifties, he is already living the life of a retiree.

江戸えど時代じだいには、当主とうしゅ隠居いんきょすると家督かとく息子むすこゆずるのがならわしだった。

In the Edo period, it was customary for the head of the household to pass on the family headship to his son upon retirement.

長年ながねん会社かいしゃ経営けいえいしてきた彼女かのじょは、ようやく隠居いんきょする決意けついかためた。

She, who had been running the company for many years, finally made up her mind to retire.

隠居いんきょでありながら、老翁ろうおうむら若者わかものたちにおりれて助言じょげんあたつづけた。

Despite being a retired man, the elderly gentleman continued to offer advice to the young people of the village whenever the occasion arose.