後退
N1こうたい koutai
- retreat
- backspace (BS)
nounする verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
后退;衰退
Examples
- 自動車の売れ行きは年度末に後退しました。Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.汽车销量在年末下降了。
- 彼は前進も後退もすまいと決めた。He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.他决定既不前进也不后退。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('802b0bd9ca'); // 後退
{
"id": "802b0bd9ca",
"word": "後退",
"reading": "こうたい",
"romaji": "koutai",
"meanings": [
"retreat",
"backspace (BS)"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1269880,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "自動車の売れ行きは年度末に後退しました。",
"furigana": "{自動車|じどうしゃ}の{売|う}れ{行|ゆ}きは{年度末|ねんどまつ}に{後退|こうたい}しました。",
"en": "Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.",
"tatoeba_id": 150041
},
{
"ja": "彼は前進も後退もすまいと決めた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{前進|ぜんしん}も{後退|こうたい}もすまいと{決|き}めた。",
"en": "He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.",
"tatoeba_id": 102975
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "da88a20a9c754db1d00d02b9e707fe0333fa40765e411c248a34625c345d6655",
"meanings": [
"后退",
"衰退"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "自動車の売れ行きは年度末に後退しました。",
"zh": "汽车销量在年末下降了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は前進も後退もすまいと決めた。",
"zh": "他决定既不前进也不后退。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/802b0bd9ca",
"JMdict ent_seq 1269880; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "f5c69d89ce8b5a25bdfb3e7e90fbb0cc315a64d967c5b542c8babe828b4c5a00",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}