退しりぞく

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退く · godan verb (-ku)

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Physical movement backward, often in response to something. Can be used for stepping back, pulling back troops, or receding.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Formal or respectful withdrawal from a superior's presence, or leaving a place in a dignified manner.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Leaving a position, job, or public role, often voluntarily or under pressure.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Giving way in an argument, competition, or conflict; accepting the other side's position.

〈場ば所しょ〉から退しりぞくto withdraw or retreat from a place
兵士へいたいたちは戦せん場じょうから退しりぞいた。
The soldiers retreated from the battlefield.
一いっ歩ぽ退しりぞくto take a step back
彼かれは一いっ歩ぽ退しりぞいて礼れいをした。
He took a step back and bowed.
〈人ひと〉の前まえから退しりぞくto withdraw from someone's presence in a formal or respectful manner
彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの前まえから静しずかに退しりぞいた。
He quietly withdrew from the president's presence.
〈事こと〉の地ち位いを退しりぞくto step down from a position
彼かれは会かい長ちょうの地ち位いを退しりぞいた。
He stepped down from the position of chairman.
〈事こと〉から退しりぞくto back down from an argument or conflict
彼かれは議ぎ論ろんから退しりぞいて相あい手ての意い見けんを認みとめた。
He backed down from the argument and accepted the other person's opinion.

職しょくを退しりぞくresign from one's post; step down from a position
一いっ線せんを退しりぞくstep back; retire; withdraw
進すすむも地じ獄ごく退しりぞくも地じ獄ごくbetween the devil and the deep blue sea; damned if you do, damned if you don't

退しりぞけるN1
退ける is the transitive form of 退く, used when someone deliberately drives back, dismisses, or rejects another person or thing.

下さがるN4sense 1
下がる is a general verb for moving backward or downward in any context, while 退く often implies a deliberate, formal retreat or withdrawal.
退たい去きょ sense 2
退去する means to leave or vacate a place, typically in formal or legal contexts, while 退く can describe a broader range of dignified withdrawal, including from a person's presence.
辞やめるN4sense 3
辞める is the everyday word for quitting a job or position, while 退く carries a more formal or dignified nuance often used for stepping down from public roles.
退たい職しょくN2sense 3
退職する specifically means to retire from paid employment, while 退く is broader and can describe stepping down from any post, not just a job.

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譲ゆずるN3sense 4
譲る means to yield or give way to someone else's wishes, while 退く emphasizes withdrawing one's own claim or position in a conflict.
引ひくN5sense 1
引く is transitive and describes pulling or drawing something back, while 退く is intransitive and describes the subject's own retreat or withdrawal.
引ひき下さがるN1
退く is a more formal word for withdrawing or stepping back, often used for authority figures or military retreat, while 引き下がる suggests a more everyday concession or physical retreat.
引ひっ込こむN2
退く is a more formal verb for withdrawing, often used in official or military contexts, while 引っ込む is everyday and casual.
身みを引ひくN1
退く means to retreat or step back physically or from a position, but 身を引く emphasizes the personal, voluntary aspect of withdrawing oneself.

進すすむN4sense 1
進む means to advance or move forward, the direct opposite of 退く's sense of moving or stepping back.
就しゅう任にんN2sense 3
就任する means to take up an official post, the opposite of 退く's sense of resigning or retiring from a position.
抵てい抗こうN3sense 4
抵抗する means to resist or oppose, the opposite of 退く's sense of conceding or backing down in an argument.
就つくN3
退く means to step down from or leave a post or position, the opposite of 就く, which means to take up or assume that post.

どくN3
退く written しりぞく is a separate, more formal reading used for retreating or stepping down in writing, while 退く read どく/のく is the everyday word for physically moving out of the way.

退くUsage93%
- しりぞく
  Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
- しぞく
  out-dated reading
しりぞくUsage7%
Kana spelling is acceptable when the kanji is not needed.
斥く
rarely-used kanji form
- しりぞく
  Rarely used kanji form.
- しぞく
  out-dated reading
しぞく
out-dated reading

Compound of しり (back, rear) and ぞく (to move away, retreat). The kanji 退 carries the meaning of 'retreat' or 'withdraw'.