How to say "withdrawal" in Japanese

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  • 回収かいしゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'withdrawal' in the sense of collection, recovery, or retrieval — taking something back, such as retrieving products or documents. It is really about collecting things, not leaving groups or taking out money.
    いよいよ賭け金かけきんを回収かいしゅうするときがきました。↗
    It's time to call in our chips.
  • 離脱りだつCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbWithdrawal as pulling out or breaking away from a situation, activity, or state, such as leaving a negotiation, battle, or dependency. It emphasizes separating or breaking away rather than formally quitting an organization.
    The People's party, to put it briefly, needed to leave the government before the government fell.
  • 脱退だったいJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe natural word for withdrawing from an organization — leaving a group, association, or membership. Use this when someone or a country formally pulls out of a body it belonged to.
    君きみは直ただちにクラブを脱退だったいしたほうがよい。↗
    You may as well withdraw from the club right away.
  • 撤回てっかいCommon
    suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveWithdrawal in the sense of retraction or revocation — taking back a statement, decision, or plan. Typical contexts include retracting a remark or repealing a policy; it does not cover leaving organizations or banking.
    The LDP brought out a bill to raise taxes, but they met with such violent opposition that they backed down.
  • 出金しゅっきんCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe word for withdrawing money, taking funds out of an account. It can also mean payment, contribution, or investment, but for the everyday banking sense of 'withdrawal' this is the word to use.

Choose by context: money is 出金, leaving an organization is 脱退, pulling out of a situation or activity is 離脱, retracting a statement or decision is 撤回, and 回収 covers collecting or retrieving things.

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