退たい転てん

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

backsliding in practice; retrogression in training

Buddhist term for falling away from diligent practice, regressing to a lower level of spiritual discipline. Used as a noun or with する.

• 修しゅ行ぎょう中ちゅうに退たい転てんしてしまう僧そうもいる。

  Some monks backslide in their training during ascetic practice.

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

withdrawal; retreat

Secular use: leaving a place or position due to financial collapse or loss of status. Rare; often seen in historical or literary contexts.

• 事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいし、彼かれは都みやこから退たい転てんした。

  After his business failed, he withdrew from the capital.