退席|たいせきtaiseki[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbleaving one's seat
    随意ずいいに退席たいせきしてかまいません。↗
    You may leave your seat at will.
Conjugation
Dictionary form退席する(たいせきする)
Polite (masu)退席します(たいせきします)
Negative (nai)退席しない(たいせきしない)
polite (masen)退席しません(たいせきしません)
classical zu / nu退席せず・退席せぬ(たいせきせず・たいせきせぬ)
Past (ta)退席した(たいせきした)
polite (mashita)退席しました(たいせきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)退席しなかった(たいせきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)退席しませんでした(たいせきしませんでした)
Te form退席して(たいせきして)
Potential退席できる(たいせきできる)
Passive退席される(たいせきされる)
Causative退席させる(たいせきさせる)
Causative passive退席させられる(たいせきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)退席すれば(たいせきすれば)
tara退席したら(たいせきしたら)
Volitional退席しよう(たいせきしよう)
polite (mashou)退席しましょう(たいせきしましょう)
Imperative退席しろ(たいせきしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym退出たいしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Withdrawing from a formal place or from a superior's presence, as in 「法廷から退出」; more solemn than 「退席」.
  • Synonym退くしりぞくNeutralNeutral. Broadly means stepping back or withdrawing, and also stepping down from a position, as in 「現役を退く」.
  • Related引き上げるひきあげるNeutralPull out or withdraw, as in 「引き上げる時間」; typically of a group pulling out rather than one person leaving a seat.
  • Relatedまかり出るまかりでるFormalFormal, old-fashioned. To withdraw, or to presumptuously present oneself before others; rarely used.
  • Related退座たいざWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rising from one's seat and leaving; rare, and close in meaning to 「退席」.
  • Antonym着席ちゃくせきNeutralTaking a seat; the opposite of 「退席」's leaving one.
  • Antonym出席しゅっせきNeutralAttending a class or meeting; the opposite of 「退席」, which is leaving partway through.

Use 「退席」 for leaving a meeting or banquet partway, as in 「途中で退席する」. For withdrawing from a formal place or a superior's presence, use 「退出」. For taking a seat say 「着席」; for attending, 「出席」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 席せきを立たち、その場ばから離はなれること。
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