辞任|じにんjinin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbresignation (from a position)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 辞任する（じにんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 辞任します（じにんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 辞任しない（じにんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 辞任しません（じにんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 辞任せず・辞任せぬ（じにんせず・じにんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 辞任した（じにんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 辞任しました（じにんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 辞任しなかった（じにんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 辞任しませんでした（じにんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 辞任して（じにんして） |
| Potential | 辞任できる（じにんできる） |
| Passive | 辞任される（じにんされる） |
| Causative | 辞任させる（じにんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 辞任させられる（じにんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 辞任すれば（じにんすれば） |
| tara | 辞任したら（じにんしたら） |
| Volitional | 辞任しよう（じにんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 辞任しましょう（じにんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 辞任しろ（じにんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym辞職じしょくNeutralUsed for quitting a job or public post, including prime ministers and ministers; 「辞任」 focuses on resigning a specific position one holds.
- Synonym辞めるやめるNeutralA verb for quitting one's job; the most colloquial everyday word. 「辞任」 is more formal and centers on leaving a particular post.
- Synonym退陣たいじんNeutralFor a prime minister or leadership stepping down, as in 「内閣退陣」; 「辞任」 is broader.
- Related退職たいしょくNeutralCovers leaving a company or retiring; 「辞任」 centers on resigning a specific post.
- Related降りるおりるNeutralMeans getting off a bus or stepping down, also figuratively bowing out; 「辞任」 is the formal act of resigning a post.
- RelatedどくNeutralMeans stepping aside or withdrawing; 「辞任」 is formal resignation from a post.
- Related退位たいいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a monarch abdicating the throne; 「辞任」 is resigning a post one holds.
- Related退社たいしゃNeutralLeaving a company, or simply leaving work at the end of the day; 「辞任」 centers on resigning a specific post.
- Related致仕ちしWrittenA written, archaic word for retiring from an official post; also an elegant name for age seventy. Rarely used today.
- Antonym就任しゅうにんNeutralAntonym on the leave-or-stay axis: taking up or assuming a post.
- Antonym留任りゅうにんNeutralAntonym on the leave-or-stay axis: remaining in one's current post.
Use 「辞任」 for resigning a post you hold, as in 「社長を辞任する」. For quitting a job or public office use 「辞職」, or the colloquial 「辞める」; leaving a company is 「退職」 or 「退社」; a prime minister stepping down is 「退陣」; a monarch abdicating is 「退位」. Antonyms: 「就任」 and 「留任」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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