退たい職しょく

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退職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

retirement; resignation

Leaving a job or position, either voluntarily (resignation) or at a set age (retirement). Often used with する to mean 'to retire' or 'to resign'.

父ちちは来らい月げつ、会かい社しゃを退たい職しょくします。
My father will retire from the company next month.
退たい職しょくの理り由ゆうを聞きかせてください。
Please tell me the reason for your resignation.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を退たい職しょくするto retire/resign from (a company, position)
彼かれは長なが年ねん働はたらいた会かい社しゃを退たい職しょくした。
He retired from the company he had worked at for many years.
〈時とき〉に退たい職しょくするto retire at (an age/time)
父ちちは六ろく十じゅっ歳さいで退たい職しょくする予よ定ていです。
My father plans to retire at sixty.
退たい職しょくを決けつ意いするto resolve/decide to retire
彼かの女じょは結けっ婚こんを機きに退たい職しょくを決けつ意いした。
She decided to resign upon getting married.

Kanji

退retreat, withdraw, retire
職post, employment, work

Related words· 14

辞じ職しょくN1
辞職 emphasizes a voluntary resignation, often taking responsibility for something, while 退職 is the general term for leaving a job for any reason.
引いん退たいN3
引退 refers to retiring from a career, sport, or public life as a whole, while 退職 refers specifically to leaving a particular job or company.
定てい年ねんN1
退職 means simply leaving or resigning from a job at any time, while 定年 specifically refers to the fixed age at which mandatory retirement occurs.
退たい官かん
退職 is the general word for leaving any job, including private-sector work, while 退官 is reserved for leaving a public or official post.

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退たい社しゃ
退職 is the broader term for quitting a job or retiring, while 退社 specifically emphasizes leaving that particular company.
離り職しょく
退職 specifically means retiring or resigning from a job, often at a natural endpoint like age or career stage, while 離職 broadly covers any separation from employment, voluntary or not.
退たい役えき
退職 is general retirement from any job or career, while 退役 is specifically retirement from military service.
休きゅう職しょく
退職 means permanent retirement or resignation, while 休職 is a temporary leave with the possibility of returning to work.
辞やめるN4
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.
隠いん居きょN1
退職 is the standard modern term for leaving a job, whereas 隠居 implies a fuller withdrawal from society into a tranquil retirement.
転てん職しょくN2
退職 focuses on leaving a job or retiring without necessarily starting a new one, while 転職 implies moving on to a different job.
リタイア
退職 specifically means leaving a company or job, whereas リタイア can describe retirement from working life more broadly or dropping out of an event.
退たい任にん
退職 refers to leaving a job or company as an employee, while 退任 is used for leaving a formal position of responsibility like a director or officer.
退しりぞくN1
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.

Opposites

就しゅう職しょくN3
就職 means to get a job or start working somewhere, the direct opposite of 退職, which means to leave one.
在ざい職しょく
在職 means being currently employed or in office, while 退職 means having left that job or position.
勤きん続ぞくN1
勤続 describes staying employed continuously at the same company, whereas 退職 describes leaving or retiring from that job.
復ふく職しょく
退職 means permanently leaving one's job, the opposite of 復職, which means going back to it.

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休きゅう職しょく
休職 means taking a leave of absence while still employed, whereas 退職 means actually leaving the job for good.
失しつ業ぎょうN3
失業 refers to involuntary job loss, while 退職 usually means voluntarily quitting or retiring from a job.
解かい雇こN1
退職 means the employee voluntarily resigns or retires, while 解雇 means the employer terminates the employee against their will.

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退たい会かい
退職 refers specifically to leaving a job or retiring from employment, while 退会 refers to leaving a club, society, or subscription-based membership.
退たい却きゃく
退職 is the normal word for retiring from a job, while 退却 is used for military or tactical retreat and is not used for job retirement despite sharing the kanji 退.

Word family· 21

退たい職しょく届とどけN2
resignation notice; letter of resignation
転てん退たい職しょく
changing or leaving one's job
退たい職しょく後ご
after retirement; after resigning
退たい職しょく者しゃ
retired person; former employee; retiree
退たい職しょく金きん
retirement allowance; severance pay; lump-sum retirement payment

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退たい職しょく願ねがい
letter of resignation; request for retirement
依い願がん退たい職しょく
voluntary retirement; retirement at one's own request
円えん満まん退たい職しょく
amicable resignation; voluntary retirement
勧かん奨しょう退たい職しょく
voluntary early retirement; encouraged resignation
大たい量りょう退たい職しょく
mass retirement

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Etymology

Compound of 退 (retreat, withdraw) and 職 (job, occupation). The meaning is transparent from its components.