How to say "resignation" in Japanese

• 辞任じにんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbResignation in the sense of stepping down from a position or post; typical of ministers, executives, and officials announcing that they are leaving the office they hold.
  彼かれは大統領だいとうりょうを辞任じにんした。↗

  He resigned as president.
• 投了とうりょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbNot a workplace word: this is the resignation of a player who gives up a game of shogi, go, or chess for lost, admitting defeat rather than playing to the end.
• 退社たいしゃCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbResignation as leaving one's company; it can also mean simply leaving the office, as at the end of the day, so context decides whether a job is being quit.
  彼かれは怠惰たいだで無責任むせきにんだった。結局けっきょく、彼かれは退社たいしゃを命めいじられた。↗

  He was lazy and irresponsible. Thus, he was told to leave the company.
• 辞職じしょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe general word for resigning one's post or job, the act of formally quitting a position; the natural choice when 'resignation' refers to stepping down, whether from a company or public office.
  私は辞職じしょくする意志いしはまったくない。↗

  I have no intention of resigning.
• 退職たいしょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbResignation viewed as leaving one's job or employment; it also covers retirement, so it fits when the emphasis is on departing the workforce rather than vacating a specific post.
  私は退職たいしょくするつもりだときのう申し出もうしでた。↗

  I gave notice at work yesterday.

Choose 辞任 or 辞職 for stepping down from a post, 退社 for leaving one's company or the office, 退職 for leaving a job or retiring, and 投了 only for conceding a game.

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• 辞任じにんresignation (from a position)
• 投了とうりょうresignation
• 退社たいしゃresignation
• 辞職じしょくresignation
• 退職たいしょくretirement
• 退任たいにんretirement
• 服従ふくじゅうobedience
• 退陣たいじんresignation
• 退会たいかいwithdrawal (from a society, club, etc.)
• 放棄ほうきabandonment
• 諦めあきらめresignation
• 致仕ちしresignation
• 忍従にんじゅうsubmission
• 退職届たいしょくとどけnotice of resignation
• 諦めモードあきらめモードstate of hopelessness
• 辞職願じしょくねがい(written) resignation
• 諦念ていねんunderstanding and acceptance
• 覚悟かくごresignation (to one's fate)
• 観念かんねんresignation (to one's fate)
• 降板こうばんresignation
• 思い切りおもいきりresolution
• 思いっきりおもいっきりresolution
• いとまresignation
• 諦観ていかんresignation (to one's fate)
• 思いっきしおもいっきしresignation