JLPT N1 • KANJI

retreat

Practice Question

🎉 Explanation

English Explanation

後退 (こうたい) uses the On'yomi for both kanji. 後 is correctly read こう in this context, meaning "back" or "rear," while 退 is always たい for "retreat." Misreadings such as ごたい incorrectly apply an alternative On'yomi for 後. It denotes a "retreat" or "withdrawal," applicable both physically (military) and metaphorically (decline, setback).

日本語解説

後退(こうたい)は、両漢字が音読みです。「後」の音読みは「こう」が正しく、「ご」は誤り。「退」は「たい」と読みます。これは「後ろへ退くこと」を意味し、軍事的な撤退だけでなく、状況が悪化し後戻りするような「衰退」にも用いられます。

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