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辞める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	辞やめる	辞やめない
Polite	辞やめます	辞やめません
Past polite	辞やめました	辞やめませんでした
Past	辞やめた	辞やめなかった
Te-form	辞やめて	辞やめないで
Desire	辞やめたい	辞やめたくない
Potential	辞やめられるalso 辞やめれる	辞やめられないalso 辞やめれない
Passive	辞やめられる	辞やめられない
Causative	辞やめさせる	辞やめさせない
Causative passive	辞やめさせられる	辞やめさせられない
Volitional	辞やめよう
Polite volitional	辞やめましょう
Imperative	辞やめろ	辞やめるな
Conditional	辞やめれば	辞やめなければ
Tara conditional	辞やめたら	辞やめなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

resign; quit; leave (a job)

Used for voluntarily leaving a job, position, or organized activity. Often implies a personal decision rather than forced termination.

彼かれは来らい月げつ会かい社しゃを辞やめるそうだ。
I heard he's quitting the company next month.
部ぶ長ちょうのポストを辞やめたいと思おもっている。
I'm thinking of resigning from the manager position.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を辞やめるto quit/leave (a school, club, organization, not just a job)
彼かれは大だい学がくを辞やめて音おん楽がくの道みちに進すすんだ。
He quit university and pursued a career in music.
〈人ひと〉が辞やめる理り由ゆうthe reason someone quits/resigns
彼かれが会かい社しゃを辞やめる理り由ゆうはまだ誰だれも知しらない。
No one yet knows the reason he's quitting the company.

Expressions

仕し事ごとを辞やめるquit one's job; resign
会かい社しゃを辞やめるquit one's job; leave a company

Kanji

辞resign, word, term
罷quit, stop, leave
退retreat, withdraw, retire

Related words· 8

退たい職しょくN2
退職する is the formal, often bureaucratic term for leaving a job (used in official documents), while 辞める is the everyday word for quitting.
辞じ任にんN1
辞任する is used specifically for resigning from a post or position of responsibility (e.g. a politician or executive), while 辞める covers quitting any job or activity.
退しりぞくN1
退く is a more literary way to say someone steps down from a position, whereas 辞める is the plain, common verb for quitting.
辞じす
辞める is the everyday word for quitting a job, while 辞す is a more formal, literary term used in the same sense.

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どくN3
辞める is the everyday, general word for quitting a job or role, while 退く (のく) in its resign sense is narrower and sounds more formal, focusing on leaving a post or group.
引ひくN5
辞める is the plain, common verb for quitting a job or position, whereas 引く (often written 退く) in this sense is more formal or literary.
降おりるN5
辞める is the general verb for quitting a job or activity, while 降りる specifically stresses stepping down from a role or withdrawing from a competition.
離はなれるN3
辞める is the direct, common verb for quitting a job, while 離れる in this sense sounds slightly softer or more formal, often implying a broader life change.

Opposites

就しゅう職しょくN3
就職する means to get a job or start employment, the opposite action of 辞める, which means to quit one.

Don't confuse with

解かい雇こN1
解雇する means an employer fires someone (involuntary), while 辞める describes the employee's own voluntary decision to quit.
やめるN4
辞める is used specifically for quitting a job or official position, while 止める covers stopping any activity or habit more broadly.

Word family

辞やめさせる
fire; dismiss; make someone quit

Written forms

辞やめる
Standard kanji for resigning from a position or quitting an activity.
罷やめる
Rare alternative kanji; not commonly used in modern Japanese.
退やめる
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; may be encountered but 辞める is preferred.

Etymology

The kanji 辞 means 'word' or 'resign', and the verb やめる is a native Japanese word meaning 'to stop'. The combination is a standard kanji-verb compound.