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譲る

ゆずる

to give up, hand over

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Examples

  1. 電車で席を譲った。

    でんしゃでせきをゆずった。

    I gave up my seat on the train.

  2. 古い自転車を弟に譲った。

    ふるいじてんしゃをおとうとにゆずった。

    I handed my old bicycle down to my younger brother.

  3. 父は五年前に店を息子に譲ったそうだ。

    ちちはごねんまえにみせをむすこにゆずったそうだ。

    I hear the father handed the shop over to his son five years ago.

  4. この点だけは譲れません。

    このてんだけはゆずれません。

    This is the one point I can't concede.

Common patterns

席を譲る
to give up one's seat
道を譲る
to make way, yield
後を譲る
to hand over one's position

Memory tip

譲る is giving something up for someone else's benefit — a seat, the right of way, a business. Unlike あげる it carries the sense that you had a claim to it and stepped back.

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