任

Meaning

任 centers on being given a task or role and carrying it out: taking responsibility, fulfilling a duty, or being entrusted with a position. The sense of 'term' follows naturally from an appointed period of responsibility.

• 責任せきにん
  N3

  duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff)

• 任せるまかせる
  N3

  to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with

• 任務にんむ
  N1

  duty; function; office; mission; task; role

• 任意にんい
  N1

  optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary; facultative; spontaneous; any

• 就任しゅうにん
  N2

  assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

• 辞任じにん
  N1

  resignation (from a position)

• 主任しゅにん
  N1

  person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

• 担任たんにん
  N2

  being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of

• 任命にんめい
  N1

  appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

• 解任かいにん

  dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

• 任すまかす
  N1

  to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

• 任期にんき
  N1

  term of office

• 任にん

  obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

• 赴任ふにん
  N2

  moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

• 委任いにん
  N1

  entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

• 後任こうにん

  successor

• 専任せんにん

  full-time service

• 退任たいにん

  retirement; resignation; stepping down

• 兼任けんにん

  serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

• 選任せんにん

  nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

• 常任じょうにん

  standing; regular; permanent

• 信任しんにん
  N1

  trust; confidence; credence

• 新任しんにん

  newly appointed; inaugural

• 歴任れきにん

  successive jobs; consecutive jobs

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