Word details
退治
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 退治.
Dictionary
Entry
1
extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation; getting rid of; stamping out; wiping out; rooting out
Examples
彼はありを退治しようと思った。
He tried to get rid of the ants.
2
Buddhism
renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings)
3
curing (an illness)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
退
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
8 strokesFrequency 424JLPT N2Grade 6
On
タイ
Kun
しりぞ.くしりぞ.けるひ.くの.くの.けるど.く
治
reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
8 strokesFrequency 109JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ジチ
Kun
おさ.めるおさ.まるなお.るなお.す
Nanori
しぢはりはるみち
対
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
7 strokesFrequency 34JLPT N2Grade 3
On
タイツイ
Kun
あいてこた.えるそろ.いつれあ.いなら.ぶむか.う
Nanori
つし
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