How to say "dismissal" in Japanese

• 解雇かいこCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbDismissal from employment: a company fires an employee or lays them off, and the person loses their job. This is the word when 'dismissal' means losing employment.
  いきなり解雇かいこを言い渡いいわたされた。↗

  I was discharged without notice.
• 解任かいにんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbDismissal from a post: someone holding a position of responsibility, such as a manager or official, is removed from it. The focus is on losing the post rather than the job.
  そのプロジェクトの責任者せきにんしゃであったジェイソンが、汚職おしょくに手てを染そめた理由りゆうで解任かいにんされた。↗

  Jason, who was in charge of the project, was dismissed for corruption.
• 却下きゃっかCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe procedural sense of 'dismissal': a court or similar body dismisses a case, petition, or motion — that is, rejects it. It does not refer to a person being dismissed from a job or post.
  議長ぎちょうはその提案ていあんを却下きゃっかした。↗

  The chairman rejected the proposal.
• 罷免ひめんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbDismissal from a position or office: a person in office is removed from it, often said of officials. In meaning it sits close to 解任, and both can express removal from a post.
  このスキャンダルで一部いちぶの高官こうかんが罷免ひめんされる可能性かのうせいがある。↗

  The scandal could lead to the firing of some senior officials.
• 免職めんしょくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbDismissal or sacking from a job or post: the person is stripped of the position they hold. It overlaps with 解雇, and also covers removal from a formal position or office.
  彼かれは軍ぐん職しょくを免職めんしょくになった。↗

  He was discharged from the army.

Use 解雇 or 免職 for losing one's job, 解任 or 罷免 for being removed from a post or office, and 却下 only for the procedural sense of a case, petition, or motion being dismissed.

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• 解雇かいこdismissal (of an employee)
• 解任かいにんdismissal (from a post)
• 却下きゃっかrejection
• 罷免ひめんdismissal (from a position)
• 免職めんしょくdismissal
• 棄却ききゃくrejection
• 解職かいしょくdischarge
• 更迭こうてつchange (of personnel)
• 放逐ほうちくexpulsion
• 免官めんかんdismissal
• 免黜めんちゅつdismissal
• 馘首かくしゅdismissal
• お役御免おやくごめんdismissal (from one's post)
• 追い出しおいだしexpulsion
• 免訴めんそacquittal
• くびdismissal (from a job)
• 退学たいがくexpulsion from school
• いとまresignation
• お払い箱おはらいばこdismissal (of an employee)
• 退校たいこうexpulsion from school
• ごめんdismissal
• 暇ひまdismissal