resignation

辞職、辞任

仕事や役職を正式に辞めること。

やさしい英語で： The act of officially leaving your job or position.

• Her resignation surprised everyone.
• The minister announced his resignation yesterday.
• They demanded the director’s immediate resignation.

使い方： resignation from something (His resignation from the board surprised us.)

よく使う表現： announce a resignation, offer a resignation, resignation from something

辞表、退職届

仕事や役職を辞めることを伝える書面や声明。

やさしい英語で： A letter or statement saying that you are leaving your job or position.

• I wrote my resignation this morning.
• He left his resignation on the manager’s desk.
• The board has received three written resignations.

使い方： hand in your resignation (She handed in her resignation on Monday.)

類義語： resignation letter

よく使う表現： hand in resignation, written resignation, submit a resignation

諦め、甘受

変えられないと思うつらい状況を、静かに受け入れること。

やさしい英語で： Calm acceptance of an unpleasant situation that you feel unable to change.

• She sighed with resignation.
• He faced another rainy day with quiet resignation.
• There was resignation in her voice when she explained the problem.

使い方： with resignation (He accepted the delay with resignation.)

類義語： acceptance

反対語： resistance

よく使う表現： with resignation, air of resignation, sense of resignation