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

Meanings

retreat; falling back; moving backwards

Physical or metaphorical backward movement: troops retreating, vehicles backing up, or a position being reversed. Antonym: 前進.

Antonyms: 前進

Related words· 7

退たい却きゃく sense 1
退却 also means retreat but is used mainly in military contexts with a stronger sense of withdrawal under pressure, while 後退 is more general and can be physical or metaphorical.
衰すい退たいN1sense 2
衰退 focuses on gradual decline in strength or prosperity, whereas 後退 in this sense emphasizes a downturn or recession more broadly.
後あと戻もどりN1sense 1
後戻り is a more colloquial word for going back or backsliding, while 後退 is more formal and covers both literal and figurative retreat.
逆ぎゃく戻もどり
後退 refers to a physical or status retreat or backward movement, while 逆戻り emphasizes returning to a previous, often undesirable, state.

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後こう進しん
後退 is the general word for moving backward or retreating (also used figuratively, e.g. economic decline), while 後進 is used specifically for a vehicle reversing.
バックN2
後退 is the formal Japanese term for moving backward, while バック is the casual loanword commonly used for cars or people reversing.
退たい化かN2
後退 means a retreat or setback in progress, while 退化 implies an actual reversion to a lower or earlier evolutionary or developmental state.

Opposites· 6

前ぜん進しんN3sense 1
advance; progress; moving forward
進しん行こうN1
後退 means moving backward or retreating, the direct opposite of 進行's sense of forward movement.
突つき進すすむN1
後退する means to retreat or move backward, the opposite of 突き進む's forward, forceful advance.

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