N25/1725

退どく

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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どく

Meanings

to step aside, to move (out of the way), to make way
to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede

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Example sentences

すみません、少すこし退どいてもらえますか。

Excuse me, could you move aside a little?

彼かれは長年ながねん務つとめた会社かいしゃの社長職しゃちょうしょくから退どいた。

He stepped down from the position of company president after many years of service.

道みちが狭せまいので退どかないと車くるまが通とおれない。

The road is narrow, so if you don't move out of the way, the car can't get through.

緊急車両きんきゅうしゃりょうが通とおるので、皆みなさんは速すみやかに退どいてください。

An emergency vehicle is coming through, so please move aside promptly.

彼女かのじょは派閥争はばつあらそいに嫌気いやけが差さし、委員会いいんかいから退どくことを決意けついした。

Disgusted by the factional conflicts, she resolved to withdraw from the committee.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)