任まかせ

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Meanings

Attaches to nouns to form expressions meaning 'leaving something entirely to someone/something', often implying trust or reliance. Common in phrases like 人任せ, 運任せ, 勘任せ.

彼かれはいつも人ひと任まかせで、自じ分ぶんからは何なにもしない。
He always leaves everything to others and never does anything himself.
この作さく戦せんは運うん任まかせだ。
This plan relies entirely on luck.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を〈人ひと〉任まかせにするto leave a matter entirely up to someone else
彼かれは仕し事ごとを部ぶ下か任まかせにしている。
He leaves the work entirely up to his subordinates.
〈事こと〉を運うん任まかせにするto leave something to chance or luck
試し験けんの結けっ果かを運うん任まかせにするしかなかった。
I had no choice but to leave the exam results to luck.

Expressions

まかせとけleave it to me
お任まかせあれleave it to me; I'll take care of it

Kanji

任responsibility, duty, term

Don't confuse with

任まかすN1
任せ is the noun/suffix form used in compounds like 人任せ, while 任す is a colloquial verb variant of 任せる meaning 'to entrust'.

Word family· 17

任まかせるN3
entrust; leave to someone; delegate · leave to chance; let take its course; give oneself to · use freely; use to the full; spare no
お任まかせ
leaving to someone else; entrusting · omakase; chef's choice
人ひと任まかせ
leaving to others; relying on others
力ちから任まかせ
with all one's strength; by brute force
出で任まかせ
offhand remark; speaking without thinking

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口くち任まかせ
random talk; speaking without thinking; offhand remarks
心こころ任まかせ
as one pleases; following one's heart
気き任まかせ
doing as one pleases; following one's whims
男おとこ任まかせ
leaving it to one's man; entrusting to one's husband/boyfriend
足あし任まかせ
wandering wherever one's feet take one; walking aimlessly
運うん任まかせ
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
他た人にん任まかせ
leaving to others; relying on others; depending on others
任まかせきり
leaving everything up to someone else; entrusting completely
あなた任まかせ
leaving to others; depending on others · leaving everything to Buddha's providence
任まかせっきり
leaving everything up to someone else; entrusting completely

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Written forms

任まかせUsage36%
Standard kanji spelling for this suffix use.
まかせUsage64%

Etymology

Derived from the verb 任せる (to entrust), used as a suffix in compound nouns.