隠いん居きょ

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'.

• 父ちちは60歳さいで隠いん居きょした。

  My father retired at 60.

• 都と会かいを離はなれて隠いん居きょ生せい活かつを送おくっている。

  He left the city and is living a quiet retired life.

noun

retired person; retiree

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.

• 隣となりのご隠いん居きょさんは毎まい朝あさ散さん歩ぽをしている。

  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.

• 戦せん前ぜんは、家か長ちょうが隠いん居きょして長ちょう男なんに家か督とくを譲ゆずる習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  Before the war, there was a custom where the family head would retire and hand over the family estate to the eldest son.