01
退屈
たいくつ
boredom
Meanings
- retreat
- withdraw
- retire
- resign
- repel
- expel
Readings
Onyomi
- タイ
Kunyomi
- しりぞ.く
- しりぞ.ける
- ひ.く
- の.く
- の.ける
- ど.く
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Useful words
02
退院
たいいん
leaving hospital
03
退職
たいしょく
retirement
04
早退
そうたい
leaving early
05
退学
たいがく
dropping out of school
06
後退
こうたい
retreat
Compare Kanji
01進Pair92%advance, proceed進 goes forward and 退 pulls back, giving learners a crisp direction contrast.02追Meaning84%chase, drive awayBoth use motion paths, but 追 follows after something while 退 withdraws.03逃Meaning82%escape, flee逃 flees in urgency; 退 can be the calmer act of stepping back.04復Pair74%restore, return to退 leaves a position; 復 suggests coming back or restoring what was lost.05去Meaning72%gone, pastLeaving in 去 is simpler; 退 adds the sense of retreating from a place or role.06戻Meaning69%re-, return退 moves back from the front; 戻 is the return after that backward motion.