退たい耕こう

noun

retiring from public office to farm

Obsolete term referring to the historical practice of leaving government service to take up agriculture. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 退たい耕こうは、昔むかしの役やく人にんが官かん職しょくを辞じして農のう業ぎょうに従じゅう事じすることを指さした。

  退耕 referred to the act of an official in old times resigning from government service and engaging in farming.