Illustration: In the rear garden of a family woodworking shop, an elderly former proprietor sits comfortably on the veranda, trimming a tiny pine with intense care. Through the open connecting passage, their adult child wears the workshop apron and confidently directs an apprentice beside unfinished cabinets.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

隠いん居きょ

inkyo

retirement to a quiet life

Often refers to withdrawing from work to live quietly. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

事実上じじつじょうの隠居いんきょであったと考かんがえられる。
This was his defacto retirement.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
容堂ようどうは隠居いんきょしてからの号ごう。
The name Yodo was a pseudonym after his retirement.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
隠居いんきょ後八条ごはちじょうを名乗なのった。
He called himself Hachijo after he retired.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 隠居

隠conceal; hideOnイン・オンKunかくす・かくし・かくれる
居reside; existOnキョ・コKunいる・おる

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