後退 (Koutai) is a Japanese noun meaning “retreat, falling back, moving backwards, reversing”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbretreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrecession; waning
- nounbackspace (key)
Examples
われわれは敵の攻勢に後退した。
We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.
彼は前進も後退もすまいと決めた。
He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.
前進しないことは後退につながる。
Not to advance is to go back.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).