退ける
しりぞける
Also written 斥ける, 却ける
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss
- to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat
- to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away
- to force (someone) to leave their post; to oust; to remove; to expel
Kanji
- 退 withdraw. Read as しりぞける.
Example sentences
- この訴えを退けたくはない。
I do not want to reject this claim. - 私はその抗議を退けた。
I dismissed the protest. - 彼の計画は退けられた。
His plan was discarded. - 彼らは彼の批判を偽善であるとして退けた。
They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy. - 彼女の提案は退けられたようだ。
Her suggestion seems to have been turned down.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 退く (しりぞく) to step back (intransitive partner)