This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

進退

Reading

Kana: しんたい
Romaji: shintai
Kana
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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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