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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

任

Radical

Radical: 人

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

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.]

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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)

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