Kanji

辞

resign, word, term, expression

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

辛部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

やめる, いなむ

Nanori (Name Reading)

こと

Common Readings

ジ, や…める

Example sentences

辞める やめる
仕事を辞めて留学することにした。

I decided to quit my job and study abroad.

理由 りゆう
彼が会社を辞めた理由は誰にも分からない。

Nobody knows the reason why he quit the company.

お辞儀 おじぎ
日本では、挨拶をするときにお辞儀をします。

In Japan, people bow when they greet each other.

深々 ふかぶか
彼は深々とお辞儀をして謝った

He bowed deeply and apologized.

お世辞 おせじ
彼は上司にお世辞を言った。

He flattered his boss.

吮癰舐痔 せんようしじ
彼の露骨なお世辞は、上司への吮癰舐痔だと陰で笑われた。

His blatant flattery was laughed about in private as degrading sycophancy toward his boss.

辞退 じたい
都合により、その申し出を辞退することに決めた。

I decided to decline the offer due to personal reasons.

辞書 じしょ
わからない言葉があったので、辞書を引いて意味を調べた。

Since there was a word I didn't know, I looked it up in a dictionary and checked its meaning.

調べる しらべる
辞書で単語の意味を調べる。

I look up the meaning of words in the dictionary.

お世辞にも おせじにも
その料理は、お世辞にもおいしいとは言えなかった。

That dish could not be called tasty, even to be polite.

Example Vocabulary

辞める

やめる

to resign; to quit; to retire

お辞儀

おじぎ

bow; bowing

お世辞

おせじ

flattery; compliment

辞退

じたい

decline; refusal; withdrawal

辞書

じしょ

dictionary

お世辞にも

おせじにも

not by any stretch; not even as flattery

社交辞令

しゃこうじれい

social nicety; polite but conventional compliment

賛辞

さんじ

辞する

じする

to resign; to leave; to decline

辞さない

じさない

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