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委ねる (ゆだねる, yudaneru) Japanese meaning: entrust | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 委ねる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 委ゆだ ねる 委ゆだ ねない Polite 委ゆだ ねます 委ゆだ ねません Past polite 委ゆだ ねました 委ゆだ ねませんでした Past 委ゆだ ねた 委ゆだ ねなかった Te-form 委ゆだ ねて 委ゆだ ねないで Desire 委ゆだ ねたい 委ゆだ ねたくない Potential 委ゆだ ねられる also 委ゆだ ねれる 委ゆだ ねられない also 委ゆだ ねれない Passive 委ゆだ ねられる 委ゆだ ねられない Causative 委ゆだ ねさせる 委ゆだ ねさせない Causative passive 委ゆだ ねさせられる 委ゆだ ねさせられない Volitional 委ゆだ ねよう Polite volitional 委ゆだ ねましょう Imperative 委ゆだ ねろ 委ゆだ ねるな Conditional 委ゆだ ねれば 委ゆだ ねなければ Tara conditional 委ゆだ ねたら 委ゆだ ねなかったら
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The final decision was entrusted to the company president.
He decided to entrust his future to the doctor.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 〈 人ひと 〉 に 委ゆだ ねる to entrust a matter to someone
We decided to leave the solution of that problem to the experts.
運うん 命めい を 〈 事こと 〉 に 委ゆだ ねる to leave one's fate to something (chance, heaven, etc.)
He left his fate to heaven.
判はん 断だん を 〈 人ひと 〉 に 委ゆだ ねる to leave the decision up to someone
The final judgment is left up to the reader.
〈 感かん 情じょう 〉 に 委ゆだ ねる to give oneself over to an emotion or impulse
She kept crying, giving herself over to her sadness.
Expressions 身み を 委ゆだ ねる yield oneself; devote oneself; surrender oneself 全ぜん 権けん を 委ゆだ ねる entrust with full authority; give power of attorney Kanji 委 committee, entrust to, leave to Related words· 6 任せる is the everyday word for leaving a task or decision to someone, while 委ねる is more formal and implies a deeper surrender of control.
浸る means to immerse oneself in a feeling or atmosphere, while 委ねる in this sense suggests actively giving up control to that feeling or impulse.
託す and 委ねる both mean to entrust something important to someone, but 託す often carries a stronger sense of hope or expectation placed in the recipient.
委任する is a legal/administrative term for formally delegating authority, while 委ねる is broader and can apply to emotional or fateful matters as well.
Show 2 more 預ける is used for leaving a physical object or person in someone's temporary care, whereas 委ねる is used for abstract matters like decisions, fate, or emotions.
委ねる is a more formal, literary word for handing over full responsibility or decision-making, while 任す is a plainer variant of 任せる with a similar but slightly less weighty feel.
Written forms 委ゆだ ねる Usage 61%
Standard kanji spelling; the only kanji form given.
ゆだねる Usage 39%
Etymology Derived from classical Japanese ゆだぬ (yudanu), with the kanji 委 carrying the meaning 'entrust' or 'delegate'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in literary and formal contexts for centuries.
