退くしりぞく

shirizoku

to retreat; to recede; to withdraw

Example sentences

  1. 彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。

    Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?

  2. 進むべきか退くべきか、はっきりとはわからなかった。

    I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.

  3. おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。

    Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!

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