Word Meaning 退役

たいえき taieki

退役 is read as たいえき (taieki) and means retiring from military service.

Meaning

English

  1. retiring from military service

Reading

Kana

たいえき

Romaji

taieki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 服役 Rank 15144 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

退役軍人

たいえきぐんじん

ex-serviceman

退く

どく

to step aside

退職

たいしょく

retirement

退院

たいいん

leaving hospital

退学

たいがく

leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

退く

しぞく

to concede

退治

たいじ

curing illness

退場

たいじょう

exit (from the stage)

退任

たいにん

retirement

退く

ひく

to move back

退ける

のける

to do resolutely

退ける

どける

to put something out of the way

Example Sentences

2

My uncle is a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.