任にん期き

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

term of office; period of appointment

Refers to the fixed period for which someone holds an office or post, especially in politics, organizations, committees, and appointed positions.

任にん期きを務つとめるto serve one's term of office
彼かれは市し長ちょうとして四よ年ねんの任にん期きを務つとめた。
He served a four-year term as mayor.
任にん期きを終おえるto finish one's term of office
会かい長ちょうは今こん月げつ末まつに任にん期きを終おえる。
The chairman will finish his term at the end of this month.
任にん期きが始はじまるfor a term of office to begin
新あたらしい大だい統とう領りょうの任にん期きが来くる年ねん始はじまる。
The new president's term begins next year.
任にん期きを延えん長ちょうするto extend a term of office
委い員いん会かいは理り事じ長ちょうの任にん期きを一いち年ねん延えん長ちょうした。
The committee extended the director's term by one year.
〈数すう〉年ねんの任にん期きa term of office lasting N years
この職しょくは四よ年ねんの任にん期きで選えらばれる。
This position is filled through a four-year term.

在ざい任にん期き間かん
任期 is the officially fixed length of a term, while 在任期間 refers to the actual span of time someone served in the post (which may end early).

任にん命めいN1
任期 refers to the length of time someone holds a post, whereas 任命 refers to the act of appointing someone to that post.
満まん期き
任期 means the fixed term of an office or position (e.g. a politician's term), while 満期 refers to the expiration point of a contract, policy, or sentence, not an elected role.
在ざい任にん
任期 is the fixed length of a term of office, while 在任 is the ongoing state of holding that office.

A Sino-Japanese compound: 任 refers to a duty, office, or appointment, and 期 refers to a period or term.