隠居
N1いんきょ inkyo
- retirement
- retired person
noun
Chinese meanings
隐退;退休
Examples
- 父は店を息子に譲り隠居した。My father handed the shop over to his son and retired.父亲把店交给儿子后退休了。
- 隠居して静かに暮らしている。He lives quietly in retirement.他退休后过着平静的生活。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f3190b2a08'); // 隠居
{
"id": "f3190b2a08",
"word": "隠居",
"reading": "いんきょ",
"romaji": "inkyo",
"meanings": [
"retirement",
"retired person"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1170690,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "父は店を息子に譲り隠居した。",
"en": "My father handed the shop over to his son and retired."
},
{
"ja": "隠居して静かに暮らしている。",
"en": "He lives quietly in retirement."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "afd8675e0125f73cfa9461dbf1cae429b86866a07459aabadb625feed0b6c5fb",
"meanings": [
"隐退",
"退休"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "父は店を息子に譲り隠居した。",
"zh": "父亲把店交给儿子后退休了。"
},
{
"ja": "隠居して静かに暮らしている。",
"zh": "他退休后过着平静的生活。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/f3190b2a08",
"JMdict ent_seq 1170690; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "d718dbfa4a8e6e47211cb2cf31d1cef1ce1a7af9450ab0d5e832a1417220bcdd",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}