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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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

commission; entrusting with work

Refers to the act of formally entrusting a task or duty to someone, often in a business or official setting. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb.

会かい社しゃは彼かれに調ちょう査さを嘱しょく託たくした。
The company commissioned him to conduct the investigation.
嘱しょく託たくを受うけて報ほう告こく書しょを作さく成せいする。
I will prepare the report under commission.

noun

part-time employee; temporary worker

Specifically refers to a person employed on a part-time or temporary basis, often under a special contract. Common in corporate and public sector contexts.

彼かれは嘱しょく託たくとして週しゅうに三みっ日か働はたらいている。
He works three days a week as a part-time employee.
嘱しょく託たくの契けい約やくを更こう新しんする。
Renew the temporary worker's contract.

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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
会かい社しゃは彼かれに法ほう律りつ相そう談だんの業ぎょう務むを嘱しょく託たくした。
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
定てい年ねん後ごも嘱しょく託たくとして働はたらき続つづけている。
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
彼かの女じょは経けい験けんを活いかして嘱しょく託たくとして採さい用ようされた。
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
囑request, send a message

Related words

委い託たくN1sense 1
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N4sense 2
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.
依い頼らいN3sense 1
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.
非ひ常じょう勤きんN1sense 2
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.

Opposites

正せい社しゃ員いんN2sense 2
正社員 is a full-time, permanent employee, the opposite of a 嘱託 who works under a temporary or fixed-term commission.

Don't confuse with

委い嘱しょく sense 1
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.
嘱しょく望ぼう
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

嘱しょく託たく医い
commissioned doctor; contract physician
嘱しょく託たく殺さつ人じん
consensual homicide; murder at the victim's request
嘱しょく託たく社しゃ員いん
contract employee; rehired retiree

Written forms

嘱しょく託たくUsage100%
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.