委任 (いにん, inin) Japanese meaning: entrusting | Kotomora

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

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	委い任にんする	委い任にんしない
Polite	委い任にんします	委い任にんしません
Past polite	委い任にんしました	委い任にんしませんでした
Past	委い任にんした	委い任にんしなかった
Te-form	委い任にんして	委い任にんしないで
Desire	委い任にんしたい	委い任にんしたくない
Potential	委い任にんできる	委い任にんできない
Passive	委い任にんされる	委い任にんされない
Causative	委い任にんさせる	委い任にんさせない
Causative passive	委い任にんさせられる	委い任にんさせられない
Volitional	委い任にんしよう
Polite volitional	委い任にんしましょう
Imperative	委い任にんしろ	委い任にんするな
Conditional	委い任にんすれば	委い任にんしなければ
Tara conditional	委い任にんしたら	委い任にんしなかったら

Meanings

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

entrusting; delegation; authorization

Formal term for assigning authority or responsibility to another person, often used in legal, business, or administrative contexts.

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Kanji

委committee, entrust to, leave to
任responsibility, duty, term

Related words· 7

委い託たくN1
委任 focuses on delegating authority or decision-making power, while 委託 is more about entrusting a task or goods, as in consignment.
一いち任にん
一任 means leaving a matter entirely to someone without conditions, whereas 委任 formally delegates specific authority or duties.
委い嘱しょく
委嘱 is entrusting someone with a specific task or role (often unpaid, like a committee post), while 委任 is broader delegation of authority.
任まかせるN3
任せる is a common, everyday verb for leaving something to someone, whereas 委任 is a formal noun/verb used in legal or business contexts.

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デレゲーション
委任 is a native Japanese term for delegation used in legal and formal contexts, while デレゲーション is a loanword more common in business and IT settings.
お任まかせ
委任 is a formal, often legal or business term for delegating authority, while お任せ is the everyday polite expression for leaving a decision to someone.
委ゆだねるN1
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.

Opposites

直ちょっ轄かつ
委任 means delegating authority to someone else, the opposite of 直轄, which means keeping control directly under oneself.

Don't confuse with

任にん命めいN1
任命 means appointing someone to a post or position, while 委任 means delegating authority or a task, not making an appointment.

Word family· 7

委い任にん状じょう
power of attorney; proxy; authorization
全ぜん権けん委い任にん
complete power of attorney; full delegation of authority
委い任にん契けい約やく
delegation contract; mandate agreement
委い任

Etymology

Compound of 委 (entrust) and 任 (responsibility/duty). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has long been used in formal and legal contexts to mean delegation of authority.

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