退
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to move back; to draw back; to recede
also written as 引く
2. to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
usu. as 引く
3. to resign; to retire; to quit
Kanji used
retreat
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
to retreat; to recede