Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N3
217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 6
Meaning: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Kunyomi: まか.せる, まか.す
Onyomi: ニン
Composition: 亻 壬
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
任期(にんき) term of appointment
任務(にんむ) duty, task
任意(にんい) optional, voluntary
責任(せきにん) responsibility
主任(しゅにん) chief, manager
任命する(にんめいする) appoint
就任する(しゅうにんする) be inaugurated, take office [v.i.]
赴任する(ふにんする) transfer to a new post [v.i.]
担任する(たんにんする) be in charge (class) [v.t.]
辞任する(じにんする) resign
任せる(まかせる) entrust to another [v.t.]
任す(まかす) entrust [v.t.]
任 (ニン) obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
任意 (ニンイ) optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any, arbitrary
再任 (サイニン) reappointment
在任 (ザイニン) being in office
任せる (まかせる) to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something), to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
任す (まかす) to entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)