辞

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:める

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: しん(辛)

Meaning

Word / Resign / Quit / Decline

  • Basic forms
  • 辞める — to quit; resign; give up / base form
  • 辞めます — quit; resign / masu form
  • 辞めた — quit; resigned / ta form
  • 辞めて — quit and … / te-form
  • 辞めない — do not quit / negative
  • 辞めれば — if (someone) quits / conditional
  • 辞めろ・辞めなさい — quit! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 仕事を辞める — quit a job
  • 会社を辞めた — left the company
  • More
  • 辞めよう — let’s quit / 〜よう form
  • 辞めなかった — didn’t quit
  • 辞めている — has quit; is no longer doing / resultative

辞める(やめる) is an ichidan verb. Drop to form endings such as ます, た, て, and ない. Commonly used for quitting jobs, stopping activities, or resigning from positions.

  • 辞書じしょ — dictionary
  • 辞職じしょく — resignation
  • 辞意じい — intention to resign
  • 辞退じたい — refusal / declining
  • わかれの — farewell address
  • 辞表じひょう — letter of resignation
  • 辞儀じぎ — bow / salutation
  • 答辞とうじ — address (reply speech)

(“tongue”) + movement/decision → originally meant “speech” and later extended to polite refusal or resignation. Today it covers both words (辞書) and formal quitting (辞職).

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