How to say "withdraw" in Japanese

• 取り消すとりけすJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers withdrawing words or statements — retracting what one has said — and cancelling a decision or order. The object is something said, decided, or arranged, not physical movement away from a place.
  ごめん、取り消とりけすよ。↗

  I'm sorry. I take back my words.
• 引き下がるひきさがるCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbPulling back, literally or figuratively: withdrawing from a place, stance, or confrontation, backing down from what you were insisting on. It is about stepping away, not cancelling or retracting anything.
• 取り下げるとりさげるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbWithdrawing something officially pursued: abandoning a lawsuit or similar proceeding. You drop the case or request itself; the word is not for retracting statements or for backing away physically.
  若わかさゆえに彼かれに対たいする告訴こくそは取り下とりさげられた。↗

  The charges against him were dropped because of his youth.
• 立ち退くたちのくCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbAbout physically clearing out of a place: leaving or vacating premises, evacuating a location. It never means retracting words or abandoning a case — the movement is literal.
  大水おおみずのため人々ひとびとは立ち退たちのいた。↗

  The people were evacuated because of the flood.
• 退くしりぞくJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbWithdrawing from before a superior: stepping back or taking one's leave from the presence of someone of higher rank. For everyday senses of 'withdraw' it is seldom the word you want.

Choose 「取り消す」 for retracting words or cancelling decisions, 「取り下げる」 for abandoning proceedings such as a lawsuit, 「引き下がる」 for backing down from a position, 「立ち退く」 for vacating a place, and 「退く」 for withdrawing from a superior's presence.

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• 取り消すとりけすto cancel
• 引き下がるひきさがるto withdraw
• 取り下げるとりさげるto withdraw
• 立ち退くたちのくto leave
• まかり出るまかりでるto leave
• すっこむto draw back
• 引き去るひきさるto retreat
• 腰が引けるこしがひけるto get cold feet
• 後へ引くあとへひくto back down
• 下ろすおろすto withdraw (money)
• 引き出すひきだすto withdraw (money)
• 引き上げるひきあげるto withdraw
• さがるto move back
• 退くしりぞくto withdraw (from the presence of a superior)
• 引っ込むひっこむto withdraw (e.g. from the public eye)
• 引き下げるひきさげるto withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.)
• 引き取るひきとるto leave
• 引っ込めるひっこめるto withdraw