中ちゅう退たい

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中退する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

dropping out of school; leaving school mid-term

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 中途退学. Used for leaving school before graduation, whether voluntarily or not. Often used with する to mean 'drop out'.

〈場ば所しょ〉を中ちゅう退たいするto drop out of (a school)
彼かれは大だい学がくを中ちゅう退たいして、自じ分ぶんの会かい社しゃを始はじめた。
He dropped out of university and started his own company.
〈場ば所しょ〉中ちゅう退たいschool-dropout (as a noun modifier, e.g. on a resume)
履り歴れき書しょに「高こう校こう中ちゅう退たい」と書かいた。
I wrote "high school dropout" on my resume.

中ちゅう途と退たい学がく
中途退学 is the full, formal term for leaving school before graduation, while 中退 is its everyday abbreviated form.
退たい学がくN2
退学 covers leaving or being expelled from school at any point, whereas 中退 specifically means leaving partway through the course.

卒そつ業ぎょうN4
卒業 means completing and graduating from school, the opposite of 中退, which means leaving before finishing.

休きゅう学がくN2
休学 is a temporary leave of absence with the intent to return, while 中退 means permanently withdrawing without finishing.
除じょ籍せき
除籍 is being forcibly removed from a school's register (e.g. for unpaid tuition or long absence), whereas 中退 usually implies a voluntary decision to leave.

Abbreviation of 中途退学 (ちゅうとたいがく), literally 'midway withdrawal from school'.