How to say "retiring" in Japanese

• 就寝しゅうしんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbUsed for retiring only in the sense of going to bed for the night; it names the act of getting into bed, as when discussing bedtime or sleep schedules.
  ７時じに鳴なるように目覚めざましを掛かけた後あとで、彼女かのじょは就寝しゅうしんした。↗

  She went to bed, having set the alarm for seven.
• 廃業はいぎょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbRetiring here means closing down one's own business or giving up a professional practice for good; it fits an owner or practitioner whose retirement and the end of the business coincide.
  同社どうしゃは何なん年間ねんかんも利益りえきが減へりつづけた後あと、廃業はいぎょうした。↗

  The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
• リタイアCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThis is retiring in the sporting sense: dropping out of a race or match before the finish, as when an injured runner pulls out partway through.

English 'retiring' splits according to what is being retired: use 就寝 for going to bed at night, 廃業 for closing down a business or practice, and 「リタイア」 for withdrawing from a race or match.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 就寝しゅうしんgoing to bed
• 廃業はいぎょうdiscontinuation (of business)
• 退所たいしょleaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.)
• 引けひけclose (e.g. of business)
• 辞去じきょleaving
• 就床しゅうしょうgoing to bed
• 非社交的ひしゃこうてきunsociable
• 遠慮がちえんりょがちshy
• 就褥しゅうじょくgoing to bed
• リタイアretiring (from a race, match, etc.)