To Quit
To Resign As
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means quit so the verb vocab version is to quit.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: "Hey, you going to quit?" "Yah (や) man, I'm going to quit."
会社を辞める
to resign from a company
仕事を辞める
to quit one's job
学校を辞める
to withdraw from school
すぐ辞める
to quit immediately
もう辞める
to quit soon
なぜ辞める
Why quit?
三年で辞める
to quit after three years
三ヶ月で辞める
to quit after three months
半年で辞める
to quit after half a year
え、会社辞めるの？
Oh, you're leaving the company?
実は昨日、バイト辞めたんだ。
I actually quit my part-time job yesterday.
日曜の夜は「仕事辞めたい」しか考えられない。
On Sunday nights, all I can think about is "I want to quit my job."