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JLPT N3 Grade 5 responsibility

📖 English Meaning

job, appointment, task, part, assignment, undertaking, obligation, incumbency

Pronunciation
Hiragana:
にん とう あたる いむ じん まき まけ まま まこと と
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Romaji:
nin tou ataru imu jin maki make mama makoto to
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On'yomi:
ニン <外>ジン
Kun'yomi:
まか(せる)、まか(す)
Character Meanings
trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow
Radical
人 イ 亻
ひと・にんべん・ひとがしら・ひとやね
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Compound Words with 任
任く まく
任さす よさす
任し まかし
任じ にんじ
任じる にんじる
任す まかす
任ず にんず
任ずる にんずる
Related Words
任じる specify, allot, delegate, nominate, charge
任す confide, entrust
任ずる specify, allot, delegate, constitute, nominate, charge
任せる rely, submit, commend, confide, entrust, pass on
任侠 unselfishness, generousness
Famous People with this Kanji
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作詞家 松任谷由実 (まつとうやゆみ)
俳優 田嶋秀任 (たじまひでとう)

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