Illustration: On a riverside path in a Japanese residential neighborhood, a jogger cautiously steps backward from a determined goose blocking the way. The jogger still faces the bird, with one heel reaching behind and both hands raised slightly for balance.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

退しりぞく

shirizoku

to step back, to retreat

Example sentences

  1. 進すすむべきか退しりぞくべきか、はっきりとはわからなかった。

    I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは蛇へびを見みて退しりぞいた。

    She drew back when she saw a snake.

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  3. 彼女かのじょが通とおれるように私わたしは脇わきに退しりぞいた。

    I stepped aside for her to pass by.

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Kanji in 退

  • 退retreat; withdrawOnタイKunしりぞく・しりぞける・ひく

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