任命|にんめいninmei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbappointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 任命する（にんめいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 任命します（にんめいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 任命しない（にんめいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 任命しません（にんめいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 任命せず・任命せぬ（にんめいせず・にんめいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 任命した（にんめいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 任命しました（にんめいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 任命しなかった（にんめいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 任命しませんでした（にんめいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 任命して（にんめいして） |
| Potential | 任命できる（にんめいできる） |
| Passive | 任命される（にんめいされる） |
| Causative | 任命させる（にんめいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 任命させられる（にんめいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 任命すれば（にんめいすれば） |
| tara | 任命したら（にんめいしたら） |
| Volitional | 任命しよう（にんめいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 任命しましょう（にんめいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 任命しろ（にんめいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym命じるめいじるWrittenWritten-style verb mainly meaning to order or command, but also used for appointing, as in 「課長を命じる」.
- Synonym命ずるめいずるWrittenThe literary form of 「命じる」, with the same meaning; found mainly in official documents.
- Synonym選任せんにんWrittenWritten-style noun for choosing a suitable person for a post, as in 「役員の選任」; may or may not involve an election, while 「任命」 stresses the formal conferral.
- Synonym指定していNeutralNeutral noun for designating or specifying something, as in 「指定席」; stresses fixing something clearly, not conferring a post.
- Synonym任ずるにんずるWrittenWritten-style verb meaning to appoint, or to pose as something; synonymous with 「任じる」.
- Synonym任じるにんじるWrittenWritten-style verb for appointing; also used to mean taking a role on oneself, as in 「自ら任じる」.
- Synonym叙任じょにんWrittenNoun for conferring official posts and court ranks (investiture); a historical, formal term.
- Related指名しめいNeutralNoun for naming or nominating — calling someone by name, as in 「指名手配」. It centers on pointing out a name, while 「任命」 centers on formally conferring a post.
- Related嘱託しょくたくWrittenNoun for entrusting work to someone, or for a non-regular employee hired for specific duties, as in 「嘱託社員」.
- Related委任いにんWrittenWritten-style noun for entrusting a matter to someone, as in 「委任状」; stresses delegation and authorization rather than conferring a post.
- Related配属はいぞくNeutralNoun for assigning someone to a unit or department, as in 「営業部に配属」; stresses placement rather than formal appointment.
- RelatedノミネーションNeutralLoanword for nominating a candidate, mostly for awards but also for posts; 「任命」 is the formal conferral of the post itself.
- Related仰せ付けるおおせつけるFormalHonorific verb for a superior ordering or assigning a task or post; carries a dignified, formal tone.
- Related就けるつけるWrittenWritten-style verb meaning to place someone in a post or position, as in 「王位に就ける」.
- Related挙用きょようWrittenNoun for picking out and promoting able people; written style, rarely used in modern Japanese.
- Antonym解任かいにんWrittenAntonym: written-style noun for removing someone from a post; the opposite of 「任命」.
- Antonym免職めんしょくWrittenAntonym: noun for dismissing or sacking someone from their job; the opposite of appointment.
Use 「任命」 for formally conferring a post, as in 「大臣に任命する」. For naming or calling on someone, use 「指名」; for selecting a suitable person for a post, 「選任」; for assigning to a department, 「配属」; for delegating a task, 「委任」; for removal from a post, 「解任」. The verbs 「命じる」「任じる」 and 「就ける」 are written-style alternatives, and 「ノミネーション」 covers nominations for awards or candidacy.
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