生せい前ぜん退たい位い

noun

abdication of an emperor while alive

Specifically refers to an emperor stepping down before death, as opposed to posthumous succession. The term gained prominence in discussions about Emperor Akihito's abdication.

• 生せい前ぜん退たい位いは皇こう室しつ典てん範ぱんに規き定ていされていない。

  Abdication while alive is not stipulated in the Imperial Household Law.

• 天皇てんのうの生せい前ぜん退たい位いについて国こく民みんの理り解かいが深ふかまった。

  Public understanding deepened regarding the emperor's abdication while alive.