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致仕 (ちし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
resignation ; retirement from office
Formal, somewhat literary term for resigning from a position, especially in official or bureaucratic contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する.
発はっ
表ぴょう
さ
れ
た
。
The minister's resignation was announced.
2
noun
seventy years of age
Archaic or literary term for the age of seventy, derived from the classical Chinese idea of retiring at that age. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or poetic contexts.
Written forms 致仕 Usage 75% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
致事 Usage 25% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
ちじ
Similar words 辞じ 職しょく 辞職 is the common, everyday word for resignation. 致仕 is more formal and literary, often used in historical or bureaucratic contexts.
退たい 職しょく 退職 means retirement from a job or career, while 致仕 specifically implies resignation from an official post, often with a nuance of formality or antiquity.
Etymology From classical Chinese, where 致 (to cause, to bring about) and 仕 (to serve) combine to mean 'to retire from service'. The reading ちし is the standard on'yomi; ちじ is a variant. The sense 'seventy years of age' comes from the traditional retirement age in ancient China.
