Keyword
resign
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1613
Old form
Readings
(64%)
(32%)
Composed of
tongue
spicy
Mnemonic

I'm going to have to resign from this job. My tongue is too spicy and the boss doesn't like it when I swear at our customers.

Used in vocabulary (180 in total)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
bow; bowing
flattery; compliment
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
eulogy; compliment
flattery; compliment
resignation (from a position)
willing to do; prepared
resignation
letter of resignation
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
dictionary; lexicon
to quit one's job; to resign
firm refusal
reply; answer; response
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
congratulatory address
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
leaving; quitting; retiring
address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony); formal reply
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
to refuse; to decline; to deny
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to consult a dictionary
farewell address
eulogy; compliment
language; speech
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
Kojien (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
message of condolence; memorial address
bow; bowing
intention to resign
English-Japanese dictionary
large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary
electronic dictionary
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
flattery; compliment
ceremonial address
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
taking responsibility upon oneself (and resigning)
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
farewell address; parting words
term; name
biographical dictionary
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
dictionary of terminology; glossary
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
words; one's lines
flowery language; pretty words
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
dedication
excuse; evasive answer; subterfuge
dictionary of archaisms
Japanese-English dictionary
kanji dictionary; character dictionary
diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
parting (farewell) address
thesaurus; dictionary of synonyms
en masse resignation of the cabinet
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
wording; phraseology; diction
flattery; lip service
resigning; declining
Japanese-English dictionary
small dictionary; abridged dictionary; pocket dictionary; glossary
dictionary app; dictionary application
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to declaim; to string together all sorts of flowery words
geographical dictionary; gazetteer
particle (in Japanese); auxiliary word (in Japanese; particles and auxiliary verbs); auxiliary character (in kanbun)
words of praise; encomium
dictionary
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
English-English dictionary
French-Japanese dictionary
pretext; excuse
one's speech and appearance
Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, published 1603-1604)
smarmy; unctuous; insincerely flattering; profuse compliments
eulogy; compliment
medium-sized dictionary
dictionaries (and similar books)
biographical dictionary
funeral address; message of condolence; words of condolence
object of a verb; (in logic) the object
deferring to another
Tokugawa Yoshinobu's resignation as Minister of the Interior and the abandonment of the Shogunate's territories (during the Meiji Restoration)
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
German-Japanese dictionary
prefatory words; epigraph
dictionary
subject; topic
stereotyped epithet
paper dictionary; printed dictionary
modest word; humble language
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
farewell address
online dictionary; web dictionary
message of condolence; memorial address
prefixes and suffixes; affix
falsehood; syntactic expletive
to fire (from job); to discharge
English-English dictionary
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
English-English dictionary
English-English dictionary
kanji dictionary with English definitions
questionable word
praise; eulogy
Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary
coarse speech or writing; humble reference to one's own words
Japanese-German dictionary
Chinese-Japanese dictionary
Japanese-Italian dictionary
Japanese-Spanish dictionary
Japanese-Korean dictionary
appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation
Japanese-French dictionary
commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
katakana dictionary; loanword dictionary
single-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)
dictionary form
data dictionary
IRDS; Information Resource Dictionary System
flatterer; someone skilled at flattery
words of parting; farewells; goodbyes
classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics)
contradiction in terms
being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish
Russian-Japanese dictionary
Japanese-Russian dictionary
refusal; declining; turning down; rejection; nonacceptance
Examples (200 in total)
It is a pity that the teacher is leaving our school.
Last summer, I finally left the firm that I had joined twelve years before.
Is that why you dropped out of school?