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N3N4Kanji

退

retreat, retire

Readings

On
タイ
Kun
しりぞ(く)

Examples

退院(たいいん)、退職(たいしょく)、退屈(たいくつ)、引退(いんたい)

leaving hospital, resignation, boring, retirement

Note

On-reading (タイ) is used in compounds; kun-reading (しりぞ(く)) is used standalone or with okurigana. Appears in many compounds — memorize the key ones rather than the kanji in isolation. This kanji forms verbs/adjectives with okurigana. Practice both the word form and compound forms.

Questions that use this word

N4 2 · N3 6

From the JLP Quiz question bank — the word in the form it is actually tested in.

  • N3N3 文法

    退院したら、しばらく仕事を休む___。

    Answer: ことにした

  • N3N3 文法

    社内の噂___、部長が来月退職するらしい。

    Answer: によれば

  • N3N3 漢字

    「衰退する」の読み方は?

    Answer: すいたいする

  • N3N3 漢字

    「退」の音読みは?

    Answer: たい

  • N3N3 語彙

    「衰退する」の同義語はどれですか?

    Answer: 弱まる

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  • N3N3 語彙

    「衰退する」の対義語はどれですか?

    Answer: 発展する

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