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任

responsibility
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingニン
Kun readingまか.せる、まか.す
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. responsibilityRtK
  2. duty
  3. term
  4. entrust to
    彼女は別れた夫に赤ちゃんを任せた。She entrusted her baby to her divorced husband.tatoeba
  5. appoint
  1. obligation
  2. charge

Popular Usage

責任就任

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · porter · drop (丶) · samurai

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1078

Compound words

責任せきにん
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
就任しゅうにん
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
前任ぜんにん
former (incumbent); predecessor
任せるまかせる
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with; to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course)
任命するにんめいする
to appoint; to nominate
委任いにん
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
一任いちにん
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
解任かいにん
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
兼任けんにん
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
後任こうにん
successor
再任さいにん
reappointment
在任ざいにん
being in office
辞任じにん
resignation (from a position)
主任しゅにん
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
常任じょうにん
standing; regular; permanent
信任しんにん
trust; confidence; credence
新任しんにん
newly appointed; inaugural
専任せんにん
full-time service
選任せんにん
nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
退任たいにん
retirement; resignation; stepping down
担任たんにん
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
転任てんにん
change of post
任すまかす
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
任意にんい
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary

On Reading Examples

彼は経営陣に対して、彼が何をするのか説明する責任がある。せきにん
He is accountable to the management for what he does.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は病気を理由に辞任した。
He resigned on the grounds that he was ill.tatoeba
彼は病院の管理運営に責任がある。
He's in charge of administration at the hospital.tatoeba
彼は任務を成し遂げた。
He accomplished his mission.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

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