Illustration: Inside a Japanese government meeting room, an outgoing political leader carries a box of personal desk belongings toward the open door.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

退たい陣じん

taijin

to step down from office

Used chiefly for political leaders and governments. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは社長しゃちょうに退陣たいじんするよう求もとめた。

    They demanded that the president resign.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 米騒動こめそうどうの影響えいきょうを受うけ、世論せろんは寺内内閣てらうちないかくの退陣たいじんを求もとめた。

    Public opinion demanded resignation of the Terauchi Cabinet under the influence of rice riots.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 第だい2次桂内閣じかつらないかくが条約改正じょうやくかいせいの成功せいこうを機きに退陣たいじんすると、政権せいけんは再度西園寺さいどさいおんじに回まわってきた。

    After the second Katsura Cabinet resigned in the wake of the success of treaty revision, SAIONJI had the second chance to come to power.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 退陣

  • 退retreat; withdrawOnタイKunしりぞく・しりぞける・ひく
  • 陣camp; battle arrayOnジン

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