定てい年ねん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

定年する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

retirement age; age limit

The age at which a person must retire from a job, often set by company rules or law.

retirement; mandatory retirement

The act of retiring upon reaching the retirement age. Often used in the phrase 定年退職.

〈人ひと〉が定てい年ねんを迎むかえるto reach one's retirement age
父ちちは来らい年ねん、定てい年ねんを迎むかえる。
My father will reach retirement age next year.
定てい年ねんまで働はたらくto work until retirement age
彼かれはこの会かい社しゃで定てい年ねんまで働はたらいた。
He worked at this company until retirement.
定てい年ねんが近ちかいto be nearing retirement age
課か長ちょうはもう定てい年ねんが近ちかい。
The section chief is nearing retirement age.
定てい年ねんを延えん長ちょうするto extend the retirement age
政せい府ふは定てい年ねんを延えん長ちょうする方ほう針しんを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced a policy to extend the retirement age.
定てい年ねん後ごに〈動どう詞し〉to do something after retirement
定てい年ねん後ごに田舎いなかで暮くらすことを考かんがえている。
I'm thinking of living in the countryside after retirement.

退たい職しょくN2sense 2
退職 means simply leaving or resigning from a job at any time, while 定年 specifically refers to the fixed age at which mandatory retirement occurs.
引いん退たいN3sense 2
引退 is used for voluntarily stepping down from a career or activity (e.g. sports, acting) regardless of age, whereas 定年 is tied to a company- or law-mandated retirement age.

定てい年ねんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for retirement age and retirement.
停てい年ねんUsage2%
Historical spelling used in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy for minimum service years before promotion eligibility.

Compound of 定 (fixed, set) and 年 (year). The alternative spelling 停年 uses 停 (stop, halt) and was historically used in military contexts.