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在任する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

being in office; tenure

Refers to the state of holding a position, especially in government, corporate, or organizational roles. Often used in formal or news contexts.

〈職しょく〉に在ざい任にんするto hold the position of ~
彼かれは10年ねん間かん、社しゃ長ちょうに在ざい任にんした。
He served as company president for ten years.
〈数かず〉年ねん間かん在ざい任にんするto be in office for a certain number of years
その大だい統とう領りょうは8年ねん間かん在ざい任にんした。
That president was in office for eight years.

在ざい職しょく
在職 means being employed at a job or company in general, while 在任 specifically refers to holding an official post or position of responsibility.
在ざい位い
在位 refers narrowly to a monarch's reign, whereas 在任 covers holding any official post or office.
現げん職しょく
現職 refers to the current position itself, whereas 在任 refers to the period or fact of holding that office.

退たい任にん
退任 means stepping down from a position, the direct opposite of 在任, which means currently holding it.
離り任にん
離任 means leaving a post (often through reassignment), contrasting with 在任's meaning of presently occupying that post.

任にん期きN1
任期 is the fixed length of a term of office, while 在任 is the ongoing state of holding that office.
就しゅう任にんN2
就任 means assuming a new post, whereas 在任 means the continuing state of holding that post.
留りゅう任にん
在任 refers to the state or period of currently holding a post, while 留任 refers to the event of continuing in that post past a change of term.

Compound of 在 (ざい, 'to exist, be present') and 任 (にん, 'duty, office'). The meaning is transparent from its components.