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退しりぞく

しりぞく shirizoku Play N1 Godan verb Intransitive

地位や職を退き、後ろへ下がる。 to retreat; to recede; to withdraw

Example 1

彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。

Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?

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Example 2

おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。

My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.

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Kanji breakdown

退

N3

retreat; withdraw; retire; resign; repel; expel; reject

On reading
タイ
Kun reading
しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く
Radical
辵
Illustration of 後退
N1

こうたい

retreat; backspace (BS)

Illustration of 脱退
N1

だったい

secession

Illustration of 辞退
N1

じたい

refusal

Illustration of 退ける
N1

しりぞける

to repel; to drive away

Illustration of 退化
N1

たいか

degeneration; retrogression