退役|たいえきtaieki[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveretiring from military service
    その将軍しょうぐんは退役たいえき後ごひっそり余生よせいを送おくった。↗
    The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
Conjugation
Dictionary form退役する(たいえきする)
Polite (masu)退役します(たいえきします)
Negative (nai)退役しない(たいえきしない)
polite (masen)退役しません(たいえきしません)
classical zu / nu退役せず・退役せぬ(たいえきせず・たいえきせぬ)
Past (ta)退役した(たいえきした)
polite (mashita)退役しました(たいえきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)退役しなかった(たいえきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)退役しませんでした(たいえきしませんでした)
Te form退役して(たいえきして)
Potential退役できる(たいえきできる)
Passive退役される(たいえきされる)
Causative退役させる(たいえきさせる)
Causative passive退役させられる(たいえきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)退役すれば(たいえきすれば)
tara退役したら(たいえきしたら)
Volitional退役しよう(たいえきしよう)
polite (mashou)退役しましょう(たいえきしましょう)
Imperative退役しろ(たいえきしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related退職たいしょくNeutralFor quitting or retiring from a company or office — general workplace use. 「退役」 is mainly for military service and for ships or equipment being decommissioned.
  • Related隠居いんきょNeutralWithdrawing from the world after retirement to live a quiet, leisurely life; in prewar usage it also meant handing over the position of family head.
  • Related退任たいにんWrittenA written, formal word for stepping down from a post or office, focusing on leaving the position itself; common for officials and company directors.
  • Antonym現役げんえきNeutralThe opposite: currently serving or still active, as in 「現役選手」; contrasts with 「退役」, which marks having left service.

Use 「退役」 for military personnel leaving service or ships and aircraft being taken out of use, as in 「退役軍人」. Company retirement is 「退職」, stepping down from a post is 「退任」, withdrawing to a quiet life is 「隠居」; the opposite is 「現役」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (たいえき)将校しょうこう又または下士官かしかんといった職業しょくぎょう軍人ぐんじんが、年齢ねんれい等とうの理由りゆうにより軍務ぐんむに従事じゅうじすることから退しりぞくこと。
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