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嘱託 (shokutaku) Japanese meaning: commission | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 嘱託する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 嘱しょく 託たく する 嘱しょく 託たく しない Polite 嘱しょく 託たく します 嘱しょく 託たく しません Past polite 嘱しょく 託たく しました 嘱しょく 託たく しませんでした Past 嘱しょく 託たく した 嘱しょく 託たく しなかった Te-form 嘱しょく 託たく して 嘱しょく 託たく しないで Desire 嘱しょく 託たく したい 嘱しょく 託たく したくない Potential 嘱しょく 託たく できる 嘱しょく 託たく できない Passive 嘱しょく 託たく される 嘱しょく 託たく されない Causative 嘱しょく 託たく させる 嘱しょく 託たく させない Causative passive 嘱しょく 託たく させられる 嘱しょく 託たく させられない Volitional 嘱しょく 託たく しよう Polite volitional 嘱しょく 託たく しましょう Imperative 嘱しょく 託たく しろ 嘱しょく 託たく するな Conditional 嘱しょく 託たく すれば 嘱しょく 託たく しなければ Tara conditional 嘱しょく 託たく したら 嘱しょく 託たく しなかったら
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The company commissioned him to conduct the investigation.
I will prepare the report under commission.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 事こと 〉 を 嘱しょく 託たく する to formally entrust a task to someone
The company formally entrusted him with legal consultation duties.
嘱しょく 託たく として 働はたら く to work as a part-time/temporary employee
He continues to work as a part-time employee even after retirement.
嘱しょく 託たく として 採さい 用よう される to be hired on a temporary/part-time commissioned basis
She was hired on a part-time contract basis, making use of her experience.
Kanji 嘱 entrust, request, send a message 託 consign, requesting, entrusting with 属 belong, genus, subordinate official Related words 委託 is the broader term for entrusting or consigning a task or item to another party, while 嘱託 implies a more formal, often individual, appointment or commission.
パート is the general, casual term for a part-time worker, while 嘱託 usually implies a fixed-term contract with specific duties, often for re-employed retirees.
依頼 is the everyday word for asking someone to do something, whereas 嘱託 carries a more formal, official nuance of entrusting a duty.
非常勤 broadly describes any non-permanent working status, while 嘱託 refers specifically to a person hired under such a special commissioned contract.
Don't confuse with 委嘱 also means to formally commission someone with a task and shares the kanji 嘱 with 嘱託, but 委嘱 refers only to the act of commissioning, not to a person's employment status.
嘱託 (a contract or commission, e.g. a temporary staff position) shares the kanji 嘱 with 嘱望 but has an entirely different meaning of formal appointment rather than expectation.
Word family commissioned doctor; contract physician
consensual homicide; murder at the victim's request
contract employee; rehired retiree
Written forms 嘱しょく 託たく Usage 100%
Standard kanji form; used in news and official contexts.
属しょく 託たく Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used variant.
囑しょく 託たく
out-dated kanji form
Contains outdated kanji.
Etymology 嘱 means 'request' or 'entrust', and 託 means 'consign' or 'entrust'. Together they form a compound meaning to formally entrust a task or position to someone.
