進退

Reading

Kana: しんたい
Romaji: shintai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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movement; course of action; advance or retreat

Kanji

Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

Example Sentences

進退(しんたい)きわまった。
➥I am in a tight place.
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出処(しゅっしょ)進退(しんたい)(いさぎよ)さをわきまえている、と(かれ)()っているけれど、いざとなったらどうだかね。
➥He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down.
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家主(やぬし)家賃(やちん)(はら)えば、食物(しょくもつ)()(きん)がなくなる。進退(しんたい)きわまったというところだ。
➥If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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(かね)のために、(あい)してもいない(おとこ)との生活(せいかつ)をつづけるならば、すっかり失望(しつぼう)して、進退(しんたい)きわまる(とき)将来(しょうらい)やってくることだろう。
➥If she continues to live with a man she doesn't love for his money, the day will come when she will be utterly frustrated and between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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