退く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
退

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

退く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ひく, rōmaji hiku)

  1. draw back, recede
  2. lessen
  3. retire
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
退

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

退く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana どく, rōmaji doku)

  1. step aside
    ちょっとどいてください。
    Chotto doitekudasai.
    Could you move aside for a bit? Thanks.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
退

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

退く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana のく, rōmaji noku)

  1. resign, quit
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
退
しりぞ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Compound of (shiri, back) + 退く (soku, be pushed away, be made distant). The soku changes to zoku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

退く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しりぞく, rōmaji shirizoku)

  1. step aside
  2. withdraw when with a superior
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
退

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

退く (hiragana そく, rōmaji soku)

  1. be pushed away, be made distant
  2. push away, make distant
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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