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寄託 (きたく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
deposit ; entrusting
Formal term for placing something under another's care, especially in legal or official contexts. Often used with する to mean 'to deposit' or 'to entrust'.
護ご
士し
に
寄き
託たく
し
た
。
I entrusted the will to a lawyer.
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near 託 consign, requesting, entrusting with Similar words 預あず ける 預ける is a common, everyday word for leaving something with someone for safekeeping. 寄託 is a formal, often legal term for entrusting or depositing.
委い 託たく 委託 focuses on entrusting a task or business operation to another party. 寄託 emphasizes the physical or legal deposit of an item for safekeeping.
Etymology Compound of 寄 (to bring near, to entrust) and 託 (to entrust, to consign). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys formal entrustment.
