退たい位い式しき

noun

abdication ceremony

Refers to the formal ceremony in which a monarch or emperor abdicates the throne. In modern Japan, this term is strongly associated with the 2019 abdication of Emperor Akihito.

• 天皇てんのう陛へい下かの退たい位い式しきが皇こう居きょで行おこなわれた。

  The Emperor's abdication ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace.