Retired - Chishi

Japanese: 致仕 - チシ

[Noun] (suru) {also called "chiji"}
1. To resign from one's official position. Also, to retire from one's official position and live in seclusion.
2. An alternative name for someone aged 70 (derived from the fact that in ancient China, people were permitted to retire at age 70).
[Synonyms] Aspirations, loss of valor, weak crown, standing firm, unconfused, knowing one's destiny, following one's ears, grace, sixtieth birthday, seventieth birthday, seventy-seventh birthday, eighty-eighth birthday, half a life, eighty-eighth birthday, ninety-ninth birthday, ninety-nineth birthday, eighty-two years old, the emperor's life, an unlucky year

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

［名］(スル)《「ちじ」とも》
１官職を退くこと。また、退官して隠居すること。
２《古く、中国で、70歳になると退官を許されたところから》70歳の異称。
[類語]志学・破瓜・弱冠・而立・不惑・知命・耳順・華甲・還暦・古希・喜寿・傘寿・半寿・米寿・卒寿・白寿・茶寿・皇寿・厄年

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