retirement

退職、引退

通常は一定の年齢に達して、仕事や職業生活を完全にやめること。

やさしい英語で： Leaving your job or career permanently, usually because you have reached a certain age.

• His retirement is next month.
• She took early retirement at fifty.
• Are you saving enough for retirement?

使い方： retirement from something (She announced her retirement from teaching.)

よく使う表現： early retirement, retirement age, announce retirement

隠居、隠遁

人付き合いや公の活動から離れた、静かな生活。

やさしい英語で： A quiet life away from other people and public activity.

• She preferred the peace of retirement.
• He lived in retirement in a remote cottage.
• They left public life for quiet retirement in the country.

使い方： in retirement (The former ruler lived in retirement far from the capital.)

類義語： seclusion, withdrawal

よく使う表現： live in retirement, quiet retirement, peaceful retirement