退任|たいにんtainin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbretirement; resignation; stepping down
Conjugation
Dictionary form退任する(たいにんする)
Polite (masu)退任します(たいにんします)
Negative (nai)退任しない(たいにんしない)
polite (masen)退任しません(たいにんしません)
classical zu / nu退任せず・退任せぬ(たいにんせず・たいにんせぬ)
Past (ta)退任した(たいにんした)
polite (mashita)退任しました(たいにんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)退任しなかった(たいにんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)退任しませんでした(たいにんしませんでした)
Te form退任して(たいにんして)
Potential退任できる(たいにんできる)
Passive退任される(たいにんされる)
Causative退任させる(たいにんさせる)
Causative passive退任させられる(たいにんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)退任すれば(たいにんすれば)
tara退任したら(たいにんしたら)
Volitional退任しよう(たいにんしよう)
polite (mashou)退任しましょう(たいにんしましょう)
Imperative退任しろ(たいにんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related引退いんたいNeutralNeutral. Withdrawing from a career or activity, as when an athlete retires; common in everyday speech. 「退任」 is stepping down from a post or duty.
  • Related退職たいしょくNeutralNeutral. Quitting one's job or retiring from work; 「退任」 leans toward stepping down from a particular post or office.
  • Related隠居いんきょWrittenWritten/formal prose. Retiring to a quiet life, or (pre-WWII) surrendering headship of the family; 「退任」 is stepping down from a post.
  • Related退役たいえきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Military personnel leaving active service; 「退任」 concerns stepping down from a post or office.
  • Antonym就任しゅうにんFormalFormal. Taking up a post or office; the direct opposite of 「退任」.
  • Antonym着任ちゃくにんFormalFormal. Arriving to take up a new post; the opposite of 「退任」.

Use 「退任」 for stepping down from a post such as director, president or chairman, as in 「社長を退任」. For quitting or retiring from a job use 「退職」, for leaving a career or activity 「引退」, for military service 「退役」; opposites are 「就任」 and 「着任」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 今いままで就ついていた任務にんむや役目やくめから退しりぞくこと。
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