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引退 (いんたい, intai) Japanese meaning: retirement | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 引退する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 引いん 退たい する 引いん 退たい しない Polite 引いん 退たい します 引いん 退たい しません Past polite 引いん 退たい しました 引いん 退たい しませんでした Past 引いん 退たい した 引いん 退たい しなかった Te-form 引いん 退たい して 引いん 退たい しないで Desire 引いん 退たい したい 引いん 退たい したくない Potential 引いん 退たい できる 引いん 退たい できない Passive 引いん 退たい される 引いん 退たい されない Causative 引いん 退たい させる 引いん 退たい させない Causative passive 引いん 退たい させられる 引いん 退たい させられない Volitional 引いん 退たい しよう Polite volitional 引いん 退たい しましょう Imperative 引いん 退たい しろ 引いん 退たい するな Conditional 引いん 退たい すれば 引いん 退たい しなければ Tara conditional 引いん 退たい したら 引いん 退たい しなかったら
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引いん
退たい
する
予よ
定てい
だ
。
He plans to retire at the end of this year.
He expressed his gratitude to the fans at his retirement match.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 引いん 退たい する for someone to retire
He will retire after this year's tournament.
引いん 退たい を 発はっ 表ぴょう する to announce one's retirement
The athlete announced his retirement at a press conference.
現げん 役えき を 引いん 退たい する to retire from active duty/play
She retired from active competition at age 30.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 引いん 退たい する to retire from a place/field
He decided to retire from the political world.
Kanji 退 retreat, withdraw, retire Related words· 12 退職 specifically means retiring from a company or job, while 引退 is broader and covers retiring from a career, sport, or public life.
隠居 implies withdrawing from active life to live quietly in old age and has an old-fashioned, literary feel, whereas 引退 is neutral and can apply to any age.
引退 is the plain, general word for retiring from a career or position, while 花道 highlights doing so in a graceful, celebrated way.
引退 is a general term for retiring from a career or activity, while 勇退 specifically implies a voluntary, graceful withdrawal, often from a leadership role.
Show 8 more 引退 is the standard native Japanese word for retiring from a career or sport, while リタイア is a loanword with a more casual, modern feel.
引退 means retiring from a career or activity for good, while 卒業 in the sense of leaving a group often carries a lighter, more positive sense of moving on to a new stage.
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.
引退 covers stepping down from a career or active role such as sports or politics, whereas 退官 specifically means leaving a government or official office.
Opposites 現役 means being actively engaged in one's career or role, the opposite state of having undergone 引退.
引退 means retiring permanently from an activity or role, the opposite of 復帰, which means making a comeback to it.
デビュー marks the start of a career or public appearance, while 引退 marks its end through retirement.
Word family final work before retirement
retired horse
retirement announcement; declaration of retirement
retirement sumo exhibition
Etymology Composed of 引 (pull back, withdraw) and 退 (retreat, retire). The combination naturally conveys the idea of stepping back from an active role.
引退する specifically means retiring from a career or activity (like sports or entertainment), while 身を引く is broader and can describe withdrawing from any role or relationship.
引退 means retiring from a career or public activity altogether, while 退陣 focuses narrowly on leaving one's current position of authority.
引退 is a general word for retiring from a career, sport, or public life, whereas 退役 is used only for leaving military service.
引退 means retiring from a career or public life altogether, while 退任 refers specifically to leaving one appointed or elected post.
farewell performance; retirement show
