Koutai

JLPT N1

後退 (Koutai) is a Japanese noun meaning “retreat, falling back, moving backwards, reversing”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbretreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrecession; waning
  3. nounbackspace (key)

Examples

  • We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.

  • He decided neither to advance nor to retreat.

  • Not to advance is to go back.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 後退

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