後退
こうたい
retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression; retraction- recession; waning
Noun
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Example sentences
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We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.
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He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.
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Not to advance is to go back.
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His hair is receding from his forehead.
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Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
More examples (5)
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They moved the troops back in a sudden change of tactics.
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Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.
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The policy is bound to drive the economy into further recession.
その新しい政策はきっと景気を後退させる、と彼は強く主張した。
He argued that the new policy was bound to drive the economy into recession.
あいつ、おでこが広いだけだって言ってるけどさ、要は生え際が後退してるってことだろ。
That guy said he had a wide, prominent forehead, but in fact, his hairline is receding.