N221/217

～を～に任せる

NounをNounに任せるVerbをNounに任せるNounを誰に任せる

Meanings

Leave up to
Entrust to
Delegate to someone

About this pattern

Explanation

To entrust or delegate responsibility for something to someone else. The thing being entrusted is marked with を, and the person or role to whom it is entrusted is marked with に. This pattern is used when you want to express that someone else will handle a task, decision, or responsibility, and you no longer manage it yourself.

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Example sentences

この件は彼に任せる。

Leave this matter to him.

私はこのイベントの運営をスタッフに任せることにした。

I decided to entrust the management of this event to the staff.

彼女に買い物を任せておいたら、ちゃんと全部買ってきてくれた。

If I left the shopping to her, she bought everything properly.

その難しい判断は上司に任せよう。

Let’s leave that difficult decision to the boss.

Related patterns

得る・得る

to be able to; can; possible to do

Unable to; Cannot; Cannot possibly

ざるを得ない

Can't help doing; Have no choice but to...

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得る・得る

to be able to; can; possible to do

Unable to; Cannot; Cannot possibly

ざるを得ない

Can't help doing; Have no choice but to...

to not ~; un~; archaic negative form of ず used in literary Japanese

With the intention of doing; Instead of...; Act as if or pretend; Believing that...; Thinking that...

anyhow; at any rate; in any case; I have no doubt that; probably