Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ひく [hìkú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [çi̥kɯᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 引く

Verb

退く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ひく, romaji hiku)

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

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) どく [dòkú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯᵝ]
• Homophone: 毒

Verb

退く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana どく, romaji doku)

1. step aside

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) のく [nòkú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [no̞kɯᵝ]

Verb

退く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana のく, romaji noku)

1. resign, quit

Conjugation

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しりぞ​く [shìrízóꜜkù] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾizo̞kɯᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 斥く

Verb

退く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しりぞく, romaji shirizoku)

1. step aside
2. withdraw when with a superior

Conjugation

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [so̞kɯᵝ]

Verb

退く ‎(hiragana そく, romaji soku)

1. be pushed away, be made distant
2. push away, make distant

Conjugation

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 4 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3