Kanji1 / 6
任 kanji
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ニン
Kun readings
まかせるまかす
Words with 任
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —自由放任laissez-faire; non-intervention
- —有限責任limited liability
- —任意捜査search conducted with the consent of the party concerned
- —任意同行going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
- —全権委任complete power of attorney
- —主任教授head (of a university department); chairperson
- —政治責任(one's) administrative responsibilities
- —専任講師full-time lecturer; instructor
- —任意団体private organization (neither controlled nor protected by law); private organisation
- —委任統治mandate
- —委任立法delegated legislation
- —企業責任corporate responsibility
- —軍事任務military mission
- —戦争責任war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
- —特別背任aggravated breach of trust
- —責任回避avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
- —責任問題question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
- —白紙委任carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque; unconditional authority
- —不適任者unqualified (incompetent) person; square peg in a round hole
- —連帯責任collective responsibility; joint liability