下がる(P);下る(io) | [さがる, sagaru] (v5r, vi) to hang down; to abate; to retire; to fall; to step back; (P) #16,977 [Add to Longdo] |
一歩下がる | [いっぽさがる, ipposagaru] (v5r) to take a step backward [Add to Longdo] |
一歩退く | [いっぽひく, ippohiku] (v5k) to take a step backward; to retreat a step [Add to Longdo] |
後ずさる;後退る;後じさる | [あとずさる(後ずさる;後退る);あとじさる(後退る;後じさる), atozusaru ( nochi zusaru ; koutai ru ); atojisaru ( koutai ru ; nochi jisaru )] (v5r) to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away [Add to Longdo] |
退く(P);斥く | [しりぞく, shirizoku] (v5k, vi) (1) to step back; to move back; (2) to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede; (3) to resign; to retire; to quit; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
二進一退 | [にしんいったい, nishin'ittai] (n, vs) two steps forward, one step back [Add to Longdo] |