委ねる|ゆだねるyudaneru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto entrust (a matter) to; to leave to君の命を彼女に委ねていいのか。↗Are you sure you want to put your life in her hands?
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 委ねる（ゆだねる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 委ねます（ゆだねます） |
| Negative (nai) | 委ねない（ゆだねない） |
| polite (masen) | 委ねません（ゆだねません） |
| classical zu / nu | 委ねず・委ねぬ（ゆだねず・ゆだねぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 委ねた（ゆだねた） |
| polite (mashita) | 委ねました（ゆだねました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 委ねなかった（ゆだねなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 委ねませんでした（ゆだねませんでした） |
| Te form | 委ねて（ゆだねて） |
| Potential | 委ねられる（ゆだねられる） |
| Passive | 委ねられる（ゆだねられる） |
| Causative | 委ねさせる（ゆだねさせる） |
| Causative passive | 委ねさせられる（ゆだねさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 委ねれば（ゆだねれば） |
| tara | 委ねたら（ゆだねたら） |
| Volitional | 委ねよう（ゆだねよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 委ねましょう（ゆだねましょう） |
| Imperative | 委ねろ（ゆだねろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym託すたくすNeutralEntrusts or commits something to someone, focusing on placing one's hopes or things in another's care, as in 「夢を託す」.
- Synonym任せるまかせるNeutralThe everyday word for leaving things to someone, and the most common; 「委ねる」 is more written and stresses handing over one's judgment as a whole.
- Antonym引き受けるひきうけるNeutralTo take on or accept a task and its responsibility oneself; the opposite of 「委ねる」, which hands a matter over to someone else.
Use 「委ねる」 to hand over judgment or control as a whole, or to give yourself over to something, as in 「判断を委ねる」「身を委ねる」. For everyday leaving things to someone, say 「任せる」; for entrusting hopes, 「託す」. 「引き受ける」 is the opposite: taking a task on yourself.
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