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進退伺い (しんたいうかがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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しん
退たい
伺うかが
い
を
提てい
出しゅつ
し
た
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Taking responsibility for the scandal, the department head submitted a letter of informal resignation.
The president submitted his resignation notice, but the board of directors persuaded him to stay.
Usage patterns 進しん 退たい 伺うかが いを 出だ す to submit a notice offering to resign
He submitted a letter offering to resign, taking responsibility for the mistake.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 進しん 退たい 伺うかが いを 提てい 出しゅつ する to formally submit a resignation notice to someone (a superior)
The section chief formally submitted his resignation notice to the president.
進しん 退たい 伺うかが いが 受じゅ 理り される for a resignation notice to be accepted
In the end, his resignation notice was not accepted.
Kanji 進 advance, proceed, progress 退 retreat, withdraw, retire 伺 pay respects, visit, ask Related words 辞表 is a formal, definitive letter of resignation submitted when someone is leaving a job for good, whereas 進退伺い is a tentative notice asking a superior to decide whether one should stay or step down, often after a mistake.
Written forms 進しん 退たい 伺うかが い
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
進しん 退たい 伺うかがい
Abbreviated spelling without okurigana; seen in some contexts but less common.
Etymology Compound of 進退 (しんたい, 'advancing or retreating; one's course of action') and 伺い (うかがい, 'inquiry; visit; notice'), from the verb 伺う (うかがう, 'to inquire; to visit'). The term literally means 'a notice concerning one's course of action', i.e., a document asking for instructions on whether to stay or resign.
