信託|しんたくshintaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtrust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust
Conjugation
Dictionary form信託する(しんたくする)
Polite (masu)信託します(しんたくします)
Negative (nai)信託しない(しんたくしない)
polite (masen)信託しません(しんたくしません)
classical zu / nu信託せず・信託せぬ(しんたくせず・しんたくせぬ)
Past (ta)信託した(しんたくした)
polite (mashita)信託しました(しんたくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)信託しなかった(しんたくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)信託しませんでした(しんたくしませんでした)
Te form信託して(しんたくして)
Potential信託できる(しんたくできる)
Passive信託される(しんたくされる)
Causative信託させる(しんたくさせる)
Causative passive信託させられる(しんたくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)信託すれば(しんたくすれば)
tara信託したら(しんたくしたら)
Volitional信託しよう(しんたくしよう)
polite (mashou)信託しましょう(しんたくしましょう)
Imperative信託しろ(しんたくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym委託いたくNeutralFor commissioning work or consigning goods, as in 「業務委託」; 「信託」 in its property-management sense involves transferring property rights and the like.
  • Synonym預けるあずけるNeutralFor leaving things in someone's keeping or care, or letting them handle a matter; 「信託」 is more formal and has the specialized property-management sense.
  • Synonym託するたくするWrittenWritten/formal verb for entrusting a matter to someone; it can also mean pouring one's feelings into a form of expression, a sense 「信託」 lacks.
  • Related任せるまかせるNeutralEveryday word for leaving matters or decisions to someone to handle freely; 「信託」 is more formal and also covers specialized property-management arrangements.
  • Related任すまかすNeutralSame meaning as 「任せる」 and still used in modern speech: handing things over to someone else. 「信託」 is more formal and adds the property-management sense.
  • Related委任いにんNeutralDelegation or authorization, as in 「委任状」, for having someone act on one's behalf; the property sense of 「信託」 carries a special institutional meaning.
  • Related依頼いらいNeutralCenters on requesting someone to do something, as in 「仕事を依頼する」; 「信託」 stresses trusting someone and leaving the matter in their charge.

「信託」 is for entrusting something in trust, especially having someone manage property, as in 「信託銀行」 and 「投資信託」. For business or work commissions say 「委託」, for everyday entrusting say 「任せる」, and for leaving things in someone's care say 「預ける」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 信用しんようして任まかせること。
  2. 財産権ざいさんけんの移転いてんその他たの処分しょぶんをなし、他人たにんに一定いっていの目的もくてきに従したがった財産ざいさんの管理かんり又または処分しょぶんをさせること。
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