noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
retirement; quiet life after retiring
Refers to retiring from one's career or public life and living quietly. Often used with する to mean 'to retire'.
父は60歳で隠居した。
My father retired at 60.
都会を離れて隠居生活を送
He left the city and is living a quiet retired life.
noun
Usually used with the honorific prefix ご and sometimes さん: ご隠居(さん). A respectful or slightly old-fashioned way to refer to an elderly retired person.
隣のご隠居さんは毎朝散歩をしている。
The retired gentleman next door takes a walk every morning.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
surrendering family headship
Historical term for the pre-WWII practice of a family head formally stepping down and passing authority to a successor. Not used in modern everyday contexts.
戦前は、家長が隠居して長男に家督を譲る習慣があった。
Before the war, there was a custom where the family head would retire and hand over the family estate to the eldest son.