退路

たいろ

path of retreat

断路

だんろ

disconnection (of a wire)

食を断つ

しょくをたつ

to fast

断つ

たつ だんつ

to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to abstain (from)

回路遮断機

かいろしゃだんき

circuit breaker

職を退く

しょくをしりぞく

to resign from one's post

快刀乱麻を断つ

かいとうらんまをたつ

to cut the Gordian knot

断を下す

だんをくだす

to pass judgment (judgement), to make a decision

肉を切らせて骨を断つ

にくをきらせてほねをたつ

to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

御前を退く

ごぜんをのく ごぜんをしりぞく

to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

人を退ける

ひとをしりぞける

to keep others away

町を貫く路

まちをつらぬくみち

road passing through the town

断断固

だんだんこ

firm, resolute, absolutely

帰路につく

きろにつく

to get on one's way (back home)

家路につく

いえじにつく

to start for home, to head for home, to make for home

章を断ち義を取る

しょうをたちぎをとる

to interpret (and use) a passage without regard to its context

不退

ふたい ふ たい

determination

衰退

すいたい

decline, degeneration, decay, waning, ebbing

退所

たい しょ

leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring