退職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 退職する | 退職しない |
| Polite | 退職します | 退職しません |
| Past polite | 退職しました | 退職しませんでした |
| Past | 退職した | 退職しなかった |
| Te-form | 退職して | 退職しないで |
| Desire | 退職したい | 退職したくない |
| Potential | 退職できる | 退職できない |
| Passive | 退職される | 退職されない |
| Causative | 退職させる | 退職させない |
| Causative passive | 退職させられる | 退職させられない |
| Volitional | 退職しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 退職しましょう | |
| Imperative | 退職しろ | 退職するな |
| Conditional | 退職すれば | 退職しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 退職したら | 退職しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
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'.
My father will retire from the company next month.
退職の理由を聞かせてください。
Please tell me the reason for your resignation.
He retired from the company he had worked at for many years.
My father plans to retire at sixty.
She decided to resign upon getting married.
退職 means permanent retirement or resignation, while 休職 is a temporary leave with the possibility of returning to work.
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.
退職 is the standard modern term for leaving a job, whereas 隠居 implies a fuller withdrawal from society into a tranquil retirement.
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.
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.
退職 means permanently leaving one's job, the opposite of 復職, which means going back to it.
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.
retired person; former employee; retiree
retirement allowance; severance pay; lump-sum retirement payment