辞退 (じたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

辞じ退たい

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

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	辞じ退たいする	辞じ退たいしない
Polite	辞じ退たいします	辞じ退たいしません
Past polite	辞じ退たいしました	辞じ退たいしませんでした
Past	辞じ退たいした	辞じ退たいしなかった
Te-form	辞じ退たいして	辞じ退たいしないで
Desire	辞じ退たいしたい	辞じ退たいしたくない
Potential	辞じ退たいできる	辞じ退たいできない
Passive	辞じ退たいされる	辞じ退たいされない
Causative	辞じ退たいさせる	辞じ退たいさせない
Causative passive	辞じ退たいさせられる	辞じ退たいさせられない
Volitional	辞じ退たいしよう
Polite volitional	辞じ退たいしましょう
Imperative	辞じ退たいしろ	辞じ退たいするな
Conditional	辞じ退たいすれば	辞じ退たいしなければ
Tara conditional	辞じ退たいしたら	辞じ退たいしなかったら

Meanings

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

declining; refusal; withdrawal

Formal act of politely refusing or stepping down from an offer, position, nomination, or participation. Common in official, business, and election contexts.

Kanji

辞resign, word, term
退retreat, withdraw, retire

Related words· 9

断ことわるN3
断る is the everyday, general verb for refusing any request or offer, while 辞退 is the formal, polite term used for withdrawing from an offer, nomination, or role.
拒きょ否ひN2
拒否 is a blunt, outright rejection or refusal, whereas 辞退 is a courteous, formal declining that preserves politeness.
遠えん慮りょN4
遠慮 often means holding back out of modesty or consideration for others, while 辞退 is the more concrete act of formally declining a specific offer or position.
棄き権けんN1
棄権 specifically means withdrawing from a competition or abstaining from a vote, a narrower use than the broader 辞退, which covers any formal declining.

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謝しゃ絶ぜつN1
謝絶 is a stiff, formal refusal often used in set phrases like 面会謝絶, while 辞退 more commonly describes declining an honor, role, or invitation.
返へん上じょうN1
辞退 means declining an offer before accepting it, whereas 返上 refers to giving back something one has already received or already holds.
取とり下さげ
辞退 means politely declining an offer or withdrawing oneself from candidacy, while 取り下げ refers to formally pulling back a filed document such as a suit or application.

Opposites

承しょう諾だくN2
承諾 means to accept or consent to an offer, the direct opposite of 辞退, which means to formally decline it.

Don't confuse with

辞じ任にんN1
辞任 means resigning from a post one currently holds, while 辞退 means declining an offer or nomination before ever taking it up.
引いん退たいN3
辞退 looks and sounds similar to 引退 but means declining an offer or invitation, not retiring from a career.

Counted with

件けんN2
Instances of 辞退 (e.g. formal declinations or withdrawals) are typically counted with 件, as in 三件の辞退があった.

Etymology

Compound of 辞 (resign, word) and 退 (retreat, withdraw). The combination conveys formally stepping back or excusing oneself from a commitment.

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