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Inflections of 退ける

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss
    His plan was discarded.
  2. 2
    to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat
  3. 3
    to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away
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Inflections of 退く

Common
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    to step back; to move back; to retreat
  2. 2
    to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
  3. 3
    to resign; to retire; to quit
    My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.
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