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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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

retirement; withdrawal

Used for retiring from a career, position, or active role, especially in sports, politics, or business. Often implies a formal or public announcement.

彼かれは今年ことしの終おわりに引いん退たいする予よ定ていだ。
He plans to retire at the end of this year.
引いん退たい試じ合あいでファンに感かん謝しゃの言こと葉ばを述のべた。
He expressed his gratitude to the fans at his retirement match.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が引いん退たいするfor someone to retire
彼かれは今こん年ねんの大たい会かいを最さい後ごに引いん退たいする。
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
その選せん手しゅは記き者しゃ会かい見けんで引いん退たいを発はっ表ぴょうした。
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
彼かの女じょは30歳さいで現げん役えきを引いん退たいした。
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
彼かれは政せい界かいから引いん退たいすることを決きめた。
He decided to retire from the political world.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
退retreat, withdraw, retire

Related words· 12

退たい職しょくN2
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.
隠いん居きょN1
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.
花はな道みち
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.
勇ゆう退たい
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.

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リタイア
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.
卒そつ業ぎょうN4
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.
定てい年ねんN1
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.
退たい官かん
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.
身みを引ひくN1
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.
退たい陣じん
引退 means retiring from a career or public activity altogether, while 退陣 focuses narrowly on leaving one's current position of authority.
退たい役えき
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.
退たい任にん
引退 means retiring from a career or public life altogether, while 退任 refers specifically to leaving one appointed or elected post.

Opposites

現げん役えきN1
現役 means being actively engaged in one's career or role, the opposite state of having undergone 引退.
復ふっ帰きN1
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
デビュー marks the start of a career or public appearance, while 引退 marks its end through retirement.

Don't confuse with

辞じ退たいN2
辞退 looks and sounds similar to 引退 but means declining an offer or invitation, not retiring from a career.

Word family

引いん退たい作さく
final work before retirement
引いん退たい馬ば
retired horse
引いん退たい宣せん言げん
retirement announcement; declaration of retirement
引いん退たい相撲ずもう
retirement sumo exhibition
引いん退たい興こう行ぎょう
farewell performance; retirement show

Etymology

Composed of 引 (pull back, withdraw) and 退 (retreat, retire). The combination naturally conveys the idea of stepping back from an active role.