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					Grade 5 -                退 
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			| retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject Kun: しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
 On: タイ
 9 strokes (also 8)
 Radical: walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
 Parts: 込 艮
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 退役 【タイエキ】 retiring from military service 退院 【タイイン】 leaving hospital, discharge from hospital
 進退 【シンタイ】 advance or retreat, moving forwards or backwards, 
			movement, course of action, behaviour, conduct, attitude, remaining 
			in one's post or resigning, staying or leaving
 勇退 【ユウタイ】 bowing out, retiring voluntarily
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 退く 【しりぞく】 to step back, to move back, to retreat, to withdraw (from 
			the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit, to resign, to 
			retire, to quit, to concede 退ける 【しりぞける】 to repel, to drive away, to repulse, to reject
 退く 【ひく】 to move back, to draw back, to recede, to lessen, to 
			subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to 
			retire, to quit
 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, 
			to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
 退ける 【のける】 to put something out of the way, to move (something, 
			someone) aside, to remove, to exclude, to take away, to set aside, 
			to keep apart, to remove (someone) from the group, to shun, to do 
			well despite difficulties, to accomplish despite adversity, to do 
			resolutely, to do boldly
 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, 
			to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
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