退しりぞく

しりぞく shirizoku

to retreat
to recede
to withdraw

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

退下；退出

Examples

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.
叔叔去年从教师岗位退休，但仍试图保住大学里的职位。
Tatoeba #227714
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?
他是否应该被迫辞去总统职务？
Tatoeba #102366

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('dd86bf4e80'); // 退く

{
  "id": "dd86bf4e80",
  "word": "退く",
  "reading": "しりぞく",
  "romaji": "shirizoku",
  "meanings": [
    "to retreat",
    "to recede",
    "to withdraw"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1595084,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "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。",
      "en": "My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227714
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。",
      "en": "Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?",
      "tatoeba_id": 102366
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "3127cc205c277d8ba9339e3e4abc8554c81ef3fbc4fb3bf1bfca8249528f2282",
    "meanings": [
      "退下",
      "退出"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "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。",
        "zh": "叔叔去年从教师岗位退休，但仍试图保住大学里的职位。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。",
        "zh": "他是否应该被迫辞去总统职务？"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/dd86bf4e80",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1595084; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "ec09e077e45eb01bbfe4f5ccdc4f071895b8227e220cfbb41a25219da19ce5b0",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}