隠居する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 隠居する | 隠居しない |
| Polite | 隠居します | 隠居しません |
| Past polite | 隠居しました | 隠居しませんでした |
| Past | 隠居した | 隠居しなかった |
| Te-form | 隠居して | 隠居しないで |
| Desire | 隠居したい | 隠居したくない |
| Potential | 隠居できる | 隠居できない |
| Passive | 隠居される | 隠居されない |
| Causative | 隠居させる | 隠居させない |
| Causative passive | 隠居させられる | 隠居させられない |
| Volitional | 隠居しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 隠居しましょう | |
| Imperative | 隠居しろ | 隠居するな |
| Conditional | 隠居すれば | 隠居しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 隠居したら | 隠居しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
retirement; quiet life after retiring
Refers to retiring from one's career or public life and living quietly. Often used with する to mean 'to retire'.
My father retired at 60.
He left the city and is living a quiet retired life.
Usually used with the honorific prefix ご and sometimes さん: ご隠居(さん). A respectful or slightly old-fashioned way to refer to an elderly retired person.
The retired gentleman next door takes a walk every morning.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
surrendering family headship
Historical term for the pre-WWII practice of a family head formally stepping down and passing authority to a successor. Not used in modern everyday contexts.
Before the war, there was a custom where the family head would retire and hand over the family estate to the eldest son.
My father decided to retire at sixty and take it easy.
My grandfather is living a quiet retired life in the countryside.
The neighbors call him 'the old retiree.'