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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

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

entrust; leave to; delegate

Used when giving a matter, decision, or responsibility to someone else, often with a sense of reliance or delegation. Common in formal and serious contexts.

最さい終しゅう判はん断だんは社しゃ長ちょうに委ゆだねられた。
The final decision was entrusted to the company president.
彼かれは将しょう来らいを医い者しゃに委ゆだねることにした。
He decided to entrust his future to the doctor.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

abandon oneself to; yield to; devote oneself to

Used when a person gives in to an emotion, desire, or impulse, or immerses themselves completely in something. Often has a literary or dramatic tone.

彼かれは悲かなしみに身みを委ゆだねた。
He abandoned himself to grief.
彼かの女じょは研けん究きゅうに一いっ生しょうを委ゆだねた。
She devoted her life to research.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を〈人ひと〉に委ゆだねるto entrust a matter to someone
その問もん題だいの解かい決けつを専せん門もん家かに委ゆだねることにした。
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.)
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの運うん命めいを天てんに委ゆだねた。
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
最さい終しゅう的てきな判はん断だんは読どく者しゃに委ゆだねられている。
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
彼かの女じょは悲かなしみに身みを委ゆだねるように泣なき続つづけた。
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

任まかせるN3sense 1
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.
浸ひたるN1sense 2
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.
託たくすN1sense 1
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.
委い任にんN1sense 1
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.

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預あずけるN3sense 1
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.
任まかすN1
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.

Don't confuse with

委い託たくN1sense 1
委託する shares the kanji 委 and the idea of entrusting, but it specifically means commissioning a business or task, unlike the more abstract or emotional 委ねる.

Written forms

委ゆだねるUsage61%
Standard kanji spelling; the only kanji form given.
ゆだねるUsage39%

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.