Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 退く in Japanese
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退くJLPT 2
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Kana Readingどく, のく
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Romajidoku, noku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede
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Examples of 退く, どく, のく in a sentence
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Please move aside. "Ya wanna make something of it, sonny?"
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Get out the way ... they'll escape!
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おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。
Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!
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The soldiers retreated from their positions.
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She drew back when she saw a snake.
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He stepped aside for her to pass.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 退く
- Plain Polite
- 退きます
- Negative
- 退かない
- Negative Polite
- 退きません
Past
- Plain
- 退いた
- Plain Polite
- 退きました
- Negative
- 退かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 退きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 退いて
- Plain Polite
- 退きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 退かれる
- Plain Polite
- 退かれます
- Negative
- 退かれない
- Negative Polite
- 退かれません
Related Kanji
退
JLPT 3
9 strokes
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
On'Yomi: タイ
Kun'Yomi: しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける, ひ.く, の.く, の.ける, ど.く