退く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
退
ひ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
引く

Pronunciation

Verb

退(ひ)く • (hiku) intransitive godan (stem 退(ひ)き (hiki), past 退(ひ)いた (hiita))

  1. draw back, recede
  2. lessen
  3. retire
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
退
ど
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "退く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
退く どく [dòkú]
Imperative (命令形) 退け どけ [dòké]
Key constructions
Passive 退かれる どかれる [dòkárérú]
Causative 退かせる どかせる [dòkásérú]
Potential 退ける どける [dòkérú]
Volitional 退こう どこ​ー [dòkóꜜò]
Negative 退かない どかない [dòkánáí]
Negative perfective 退かなかった どかな​かった [dòkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 退きます どきま​す [dòkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 退いた どいた [dòítá]
Conjunctive 退いて どいて [dòíté]
Hypothetical conditional 退けば どけ​ば [dòkéꜜbà]

Verb

退(ど)く • (doku) intransitive godan (stem 退(ど)き (doki), past 退(ど)いた (doita))

  1. step aside
    ちょっとどいてください。
    Chotto doitekudasai.
    Could you move aside for a bit? Thanks.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
退
の
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

退(の)く • (noku) intransitive godan (stem 退(の)き (noki), past 退(の)いた (noita))

  1. resign, quit
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
退
しりぞ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
斥く

Compound of 後 (shiri, “back”) +‎ 退く (soku, “be pushed away, be made distant”, see below). The soku changes to zoku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しりぞ​く [shìrízóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾʲizo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

退(しりぞ)く • (shirizoku) intransitive godan (stem 退(しりぞ)き (shirizoki), past 退(しりぞ)いた (shirizoita))

  1. step aside
  2. withdraw when with a superior
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
退
そ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

退(そ)く • (soku) intransitive †yodan

  1. (obsolete) be pushed away, be made distant
    Synonym: 遠ざかる
Conjugation
Derived terms

Verb

退(そ)く • (soku) transitive †nidan

  1. (obsolete) push away, make distant
    Synonym: 遠ざける
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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