早退します（そうたいします、soutaishimasu）
- to leave early

The Japanese word 早退します 早退します means "to leave early," "to go home early," or "to take an early departure." It implies leaving a place, such as work, school, or a meeting, before the scheduled or usual time. The action is usually due to sickness, an urgent personal matter, or permission granted.

⚫︎すみません、今日は体調が悪くて、早退します Translation: Excuse me, I am not feeling well today, so I will leave early. ⚫︎会議の途中で早退します。緊急の電話が来ました。 Translation: I will leave the meeting early. I received an urgent phone call. ⚫︎熱があるので、学校を早退します。 Translation: Because I have a fever, I am going to leave school early.

⚫︎早退します 早退します is used when you are informing someone, typically a superior (at work or school), a teacher, or the person in charge of a meeting, that you need to leave before the usual or planned time. ⚫︎It's generally considered polite to give a reason, even if it's a brief one. For example, "I'm not feeling well." or "I have an appointment." ⚫︎You will often hear this used in a professional or educational context.

⚫︎The word is written in kanji and hiragana: 早退します 早退します. ⚫︎早退 is the kanji and the base of the word. The ます suffix, します, indicates the polite form of the verb "to do." ⚫︎The verb is conjugated. For example, the past tense would be 早退しました (soutai shimashita - left early), and the present progressive is 早退しています (soutai shiteimasu - am leaving early).

There aren't many direct synonyms, but phrases conveying a similar meaning include: ⚫︎早く帰ります (Hayaku kaerimasu) - "I'll go home early" (more casual). ⚫︎先に失礼します (Saki ni shitsurei shimasu) - "Excuse me for leaving ahead of you" (used when leaving before someone else).

⚫︎遅刻します (chikoku shimasu) - to be late. ⚫︎出席します (shusseki shimasu) - to attend (opposes leaving early).

熱があるので、先生に早退しますと伝えました。 ・Translation: Because I had a fever, I told the teacher that I was going to leave early. ・Explanation: This sentence demonstrates how to report the action of leaving early to the appropriate authority figure, in this case, a teacher.

仕事が忙しいけれど、今日は早く早退します必要がある。 ・Translation: Although work is busy, I need to leave early today. ・Explanation: This sentence includes a more complex situation: a busy work environment and the need to leave early.

⚫︎早 (sō) means "early." ⚫︎退 (tai) means "to leave," "to withdraw," or "to retreat." ⚫︎します (shimasu) is the polite verb "to do." Therefore, the word combines the concepts of "early" and "leaving."