引退

• 読み: いんたい
• ローマ字: intai
• 漢字の分解: 引 (pull/draw) + 退 (retreat/withdraw) → withdrawing, retiring
• 発音: /iɴ.ta.i/

意味

Retiring — quitting a game, competitive scene, or activity for good, often announced formally.

In gaming culture, 引退 carries dramatic weight — it is often announced publicly on social media or in farewell streams, mirroring how professional athletes announce retirement. However, gaming 引退 is notoriously unreliable; players frequently announce 引退 only to return weeks later. The ironic joke 引退（仮） (tentative retirement) exists because of how commonly people come back.

例文

1. このゲームから引退することにした。もう満足。
2. プロ選手が引退宣言してSNSが騒然としてる。
3. 引退したけど結局新シーズンで復帰しちゃった。

使い方ガイド

場面: gaming communities, esports, sports, social media

トーン: serious, dramatic, sometimes ironic

正しい言い方

• 引退する前に最後の大会だけは出たいな (Before I retire, I at least want to enter one last tournament)
• 引退宣言した選手が復帰するのはよくある話 (Players who announce retirement coming back is a common story)

避ける言い方

• 何度も引退宣言すると信用されなくなるので注意 (Announcing retirement multiple times will make people stop taking you seriously)

よくある間違い

• Taking gaming 引退 at face value — the gaming community widely acknowledges that many 引退 announcements are temporary

起源と歴史

Traditional Japanese term for retirement from a profession or competition, used in sumo, baseball, and other sports. Adopted by gaming communities in the 2000s for quitting a game or competitive scene.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional sports term, gaming adoption 2000s

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Mainstream sports and gaming

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. In gaming, 引退 announcements are a social media ritual with their own culture and expectations.