放ほう任にん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

noninterference; leaving to take its own course; giving a free hand

Used as a noun, 放任する, or 放任の to mean deliberately not intervening and letting someone or something proceed freely. Depending on context, it can sound critical, suggesting excessive hands-offness.

• 親おやが子こどもを放ほう任にんしすぎると、生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かんが乱みだれやすい。

  If parents leave their children too much to themselves, their daily habits can easily become irregular.

• 政せい府ふは長ながい間あいだ、その市し場じょうをほぼ放ほう任にんしてきた。

  The government has largely left that market alone for a long time.

• 彼かれは放ほう任にん主しゅ義ぎの上じょう司しで、細こまかい指し示じはほとんど出ださない。

  He is a hands-off boss and rarely gives detailed instructions.