Practice JLPTMeaning
退く (どく, doku) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “(1) to retreat,to recede,to withdraw”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
そこをどいてください。
Please move out of the way there.
ちょっとどいて。
Could you please move out of my way?
心配は 身の 毒。
Care killed a cat.
この 魚は 毒がない。
This fish is free from poison.
どいてもらえませんか。
Could you please move out of my way?
毒が 全身に 回った。
The poison spread through his whole body.
彼は 猛烈に 毒ついた。
He didn't half swear.
毒を 持って 毒を 制す。
Diamond cuts diamond.
舌の 毒にまさる 毒はない。
A tongue is the most venomous thing of all.
この 薬は、 本来 毒である。
This medicine is a natural poison.
且元は屋敷を立ち退くことを決意。
Katsumoto decided to leave the residence.
明軍大いに驚き防戦短時間で破れ退く。
This took the Ming army by surprise, so they broke ranks and retreated in a second.