辞職|じしょくjishoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbresignation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 辞職する（じしょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 辞職します（じしょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 辞職しない（じしょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 辞職しません（じしょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 辞職せず・辞職せぬ（じしょくせず・じしょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 辞職した（じしょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 辞職しました（じしょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 辞職しなかった（じしょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 辞職しませんでした（じしょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 辞職して（じしょくして） |
| Potential | 辞職できる（じしょくできる） |
| Passive | 辞職される（じしょくされる） |
| Causative | 辞職させる（じしょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 辞職させられる（じしょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 辞職すれば（じしょくすれば） |
| tara | 辞職したら（じしょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 辞職しよう（じしょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 辞職しましょう（じしょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 辞職しろ（じしょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym辞任じにんWrittenWritten word for stepping down from a post one holds, as in 「大臣を辞任」; it centres on the position, while 「辞職」 centres on leaving a job or public office.
- Synonym辞めるやめるNeutralThe everyday colloquial verb for quitting a job; the most common way to say it in daily conversation.
- Synonym退職たいしょくNeutralLeaving or retiring from a job, as in 「定年退職」; the emphasis is on leaving the workplace rather than on resigning a post.
- Synonym退社たいしゃNeutralLeaving a company (resigning), but also simply leaving the office at the end of the day; context decides which.
- Synonym退陣たいじんWrittenWritten word for the prime minister, a cabinet, etc. stepping down from a responsible post, as in 「首相の退陣」.
- Related降りるおりるNeutralThe plain verb for getting off a bus or train, also used figuratively for stepping down or quitting, as in 「役を降りる」.
- RelatedどくNeutralMainly to step aside or make way, but also to give up a post; leans colloquial.
- Related退位たいいWrittenWritten word for a monarch stepping down, limited to thrones, as in 「天皇の退位」.
- Related致仕ちしWrittenWritten word for leaving an official post or retiring, also an old name for the age of seventy; archaic flavour.
- Antonym就任しゅうにんWrittenTaking up or assuming a post; the opposite of 「辞職」.
- Antonym留任りゅうにんWrittenStaying on in one's current post, as in 「大臣が留任する」; the opposite of resigning.
Use 「辞職」 for leaving a job or public office, as in 「辞職願」. For stepping down from a specific post pick 「辞任」, for leaving or retiring from work 「退職」, and in everyday speech the verb 「辞める」. 「退陣」 fits a leader stepping down; 「就任」 is the word for taking office.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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