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退職 — meaning in English

taishoku

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English meaning

  • retire verb To leave one's job permanently, usually after reaching a certain age.
  • retirement noun The act of leaving your job or career for good, usually after reaching a certain age.

Senses

退職 is used for these senses in English:

  • call it a day (idiomatic) To retire.
  • retire (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
  • retirement The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

retire — full definition

  1. verb To leave one's job permanently, usually after reaching a certain age.
  2. verb To withdraw, especially to a quieter or more private place.
  3. verb To go to bed.

retirement — full definition

  1. noun The act of leaving your job or career for good, usually after reaching a certain age.
  2. noun The stage of life after you stop working, or a quiet, secluded life away from public activity.

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