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退 しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く 退職(たいしょく): retirement (from office)引退(いんたい): retire脱退(だったい): secession; retirement; withdrawal (e.g. from a lawsuit)辞退(じたい): declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself退院(たいいん): leaving hospital; discharge from hospital退学(たいがく): dropping out of school退治(たいじ): (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression (2) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings (3) curing illness後退(こうたい): (1) retreat (2) backspace; BS退ける(のける): (1) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside (2) to remove; to exclude; to take away (3) to set aside; to keep apart (4) to remove (someone) from the group; to shun (5) (after the -te form of a verb) to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to do resolutely; to do boldly退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom退く(のく): (1) to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way (2) to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede退く(しりぞく): (1) to step back; to move back (2) to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede (3) to resign; to retire; to quit退化(たいか): degeneration; retrogression退ける(しりぞける): to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject 5 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138)辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) retreat In the land of Oz, you advance by following the golden road, but you reatreat by following the Silver Road.

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タイ retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject 3 424 9 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 会意 Compound Ideographic If you see silver on the road (eg. gun, armour, sword) => retreat!

Kanji	退
Onyomi	タイ
Kunyomi	しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く
English	retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Examples	退職(たいしょく): retirement (from office) 引退(いんたい): retire 脱退(だったい): secession; retirement; withdrawal (e.g. from a lawsuit) 辞退(じたい): declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself 退院(たいいん): leaving hospital; discharge from hospital 退学(たいがく): dropping out of school 退治(たいじ): (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression (2) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings (3) curing illness 後退(こうたい): (1) retreat (2) backspace; BS 退ける(のける): (1) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside (2) to remove; to exclude; to take away (3) to set aside; to keep apart (4) to remove (someone) from the group; to shun (5) (after the -te form of a verb) to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to do resolutely; to do boldly 退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom 退く(のく): (1) to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way (2) to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede 退く(しりぞく): (1) to step back; to move back (2) to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede (3) to resign; to retire; to quit 退化(たいか): degeneration; retrogression 退ける(しりぞける): to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	424
Components	艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	retreat
Koohii Story 1	If you see silver on the road (eg. gun, armour, sword) => retreat!
Koohii Story 2	In the land of Oz, you advance by following the golden road, but you reatreat by following the Silver Road.

E.G Move Reject Withdrawal Retreat Te Form Verb