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譲位 (じょうい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
abdication
Formal term for a monarch or emperor stepping down from the throne. Used in historical and modern contexts, such as the abdication of Emperor Akihito in 2019.
年ねん
4
月がつ
30
日にち
に
行おこな
わ
れ
た
。
The abdication took place on April 30, 2019.
Written forms 譲じょう 位い Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for abdication of a monarch.
讓じょう 位い
Kyūjitai form of 譲位; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Kanji 譲 defer, turnover, transfer Similar words 退たい 位い 退位 is a broader term for abdication or stepping down from a throne, while 譲位 specifically implies transferring the position to a successor.
即そく 位い 即位 means accession to the throne, the opposite of 譲位.
Etymology Compound of 譲 (じょう, 'to yield, transfer') and 位 (い, 'rank, position'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of yielding one's position.
