退位|たいいtaii[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbabdication
Conjugation
Dictionary form退位する(たいいする)
Polite (masu)退位します(たいいします)
Negative (nai)退位しない(たいいしない)
polite (masen)退位しません(たいいしません)
classical zu / nu退位せず・退位せぬ(たいいせず・たいいせぬ)
Past (ta)退位した(たいいした)
polite (mashita)退位しました(たいいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)退位しなかった(たいいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)退位しませんでした(たいいしませんでした)
Te form退位して(たいいして)
Potential退位できる(たいいできる)
Passive退位される(たいいされる)
Causative退位させる(たいいさせる)
Causative passive退位させられる(たいいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)退位すれば(たいいすれば)
tara退位したら(たいいしたら)
Volitional退位しよう(たいいしよう)
polite (mashou)退位しましょう(たいいしましょう)
Imperative退位しろ(たいいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related辞職じしょくNeutralNeutral word for voluntarily quitting one's job or post; used of ordinary employees and officials, never of a monarch.
  • Related辞任じにんWrittenWritten/formal prose for stepping down from a post or title, as in 「大臣を辞任する」; not used for monarchs.
  • Antonym即位そくいFormalFormal term for ascending the throne; the direct opposite of 「退位」, taking the throne rather than giving it up.

Use 「退位」 when an emperor or king gives up the throne, as in 「天皇の退位」. For ordinary people leaving a job or post, use 「辞職」 or 「辞任」. 「即位」 is its antonym: ascending the throne.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 国王こくおうや天皇てんのうなど君主くんしゅの位くらいから退しりぞくこと。
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