隠居

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
隠 居
いん
Grade: S 		きょ
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
隱居 (kyūjitai)

Noun

隠(いん)居(きょ) • (inkyo) 

  1. retirement
  2. a retiree

Verb

隠(いん)居(きょ)する • (inkyo suru) intransitive suru (stem 隠(いん)居(きょ)し (inkyo shi), past 隠(いん)居(きょ)した (inkyo shita))

  1. retire, go into retirement

Conjugation

Conjugation of "隠居する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 隠居し いんきょし inkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 隠居し いんきょし inkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 隠居する いんきょする inkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 隠居する いんきょする inkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 隠居すれ いんきょすれ inkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 隠居せよ¹
隠居しろ² 		いんきょせよ¹
いんきょしろ² 		inkyo seyo¹
inkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 隠居される いんきょされる inkyo sareru
Causative 隠居させる
隠居さす 		いんきょさせる
いんきょさす 		inkyo saseru
inkyo sasu
Potential 隠居できる いんきょできる inkyo dekiru
Volitional 隠居しよう いんきょしよう inkyo shiyō
Negative 隠居しない いんきょしない inkyo shinai
Negative continuative 隠居せず いんきょせず inkyo sezu
Formal 隠居します いんきょします inkyo shimasu
Perfective 隠居した いんきょした inkyo shita
Conjunctive 隠居して いんきょして inkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional 隠居すれば いんきょすれば inkyo sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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