退く

Meaning

1. v5kvi
   to step back; to move back; to retreat
2. v5kvi
   to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
3. v5kvi
   to resign; to retire; to quit
4. v5kvi
   to concede
5. v5kvi rare
   to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreat
6. v5kvi rare
   to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
7. v5kvi rare
   to resign; to retire; to quit
8. v5kvi
   to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
9. v5kvi
   to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede

Example sentences

• 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!

• 兵士たちは自分たちの陣地から退いた。

  The soldiers retreated from their positions.

• 彼女は蛇を見て退いた。

  She drew back when she saw a snake.