READING  ジョウ、ゆず-る
MEANING  defer
JLPT level N1 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
じょうほ
concession, conciliation, compromise
せきをゆずる
to give your seat to someone, to offer your seat
ゆずる
to turn over, to assign, to hand over, to transmit, to convey, to sell, to dispose of, to yield, to surrender
ゆずりわたす
to hand over, to turn over, to cede
おやゆずり
inheritance from a parent
 
Example sentences
譲歩
僕が多少譲歩した後で、彼女は計画に合意してくれた。
She agreed to my plan after I had given a little.
席を譲る
エミは体の不自由な人に席を譲った。
Emi gave her seat to a handicapped man.
 
老人に席を譲るとは彼も礼儀をわきまえている。
It was civil of him to offer his seat to the old man.
譲る
歴史は、古い思想が新しい思想に道を譲りながら進行する。
History goes on with old ideas giving way to the new.
 
Lookalikes
 
ケン 
self-effacing