委任|いにんinin[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbentrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
   長官ちょうかんは彼かれに全権ぜんけんを委任いにんした。↗

   The governor invested him with full authority.

• Synonym委託いたくNeutralNeutral. Hands business or affairs to an outside party, as in 「業務委託」「委託販売」, and covers consigning goods; 「委任」 centers on granting authority.
• Synonym任せるまかせるNeutralNeutral everyday verb for leaving things to someone, also letting be or using freely; 「委任」 is formal authorization, mostly in legal and official writing.
• Synonym任すまかすNeutralNeutral godan verb with the same sense as 「任せる」 but narrower; in speech 「任せる」 is the usual choice, while 「委任」 leans to formal authorization.
• Synonym委嘱いしょくFormalFormal. Commissions a specific person for a post or piece of work, as in 「委員を委嘱する」「執筆を委嘱する」; leans more toward hiring and engagement than 「委任」.
• Related嘱託しょくたくFormalFormal. Entrusts work to someone, and also names non-regular specially hired staff, as in 「嘱託社員」; 「委任」 never refers to a person's employment status.
• Related言いつけるいいつけるCasualColloquial. A superior telling or ordering a subordinate to do something, and also tattling; it is about issuing instructions, not the authorization 「委任」 implies.
• Related信託しんたくFormalFormal. Entrusts out of trust, and in law refers specifically to property trusts, as in 「投資信託」; 「委任」 entrusts the handling of affairs and authority.
• Related指名しめいNeutralNeutral. Names or designates a particular person or thing, as in 「指名手配」; it only picks the target and carries none of 「委任」's conferral of authority.
• Related依頼いらいNeutralNeutral. Requests or commissions someone to do something, as in 「仕事を依頼する」; common in daily use and does not necessarily confer authority, which is 「委任」's focus.
• Related頼むたのむNeutralNeutral, the most common everyday verb: asking or begging someone, and also ordering food or reserving; 「委任」 is formal authorization for official settings.
• Related任命にんめいNeutralNeutral. A superior orders someone into a post, as in 「大臣に任命する」; the focus is placing a person in a position, while 「委任」 focuses on entrusting affairs and authority.
• Related選任せんにんNeutralNeutral. Choosing a suitable person and placing them in the role, typically a director or agent, as in 「取締役の選任」; no vote is implied. 「委任」 is about handing over authority.
• Related命じるめいじるNeutralNeutral. Orders or commands, and can also appoint, as in 「待機を命じる」; the emphasis is a superior's order, not 「委任」's entrusting of authority.
• Related命ずるめいずるWrittenWritten variant of 「命じる」 with different conjugation; likewise centers on giving orders or appointing, not on entrusting authority as 「委任」 does.
• Related任じるにんじるWrittenWritten. Appoints someone to a post, and also means posing as or claiming a role oneself, as in 「自ら任じる」; 「委任」 is entrusting affairs and authority to another.
• Related任ずるにんずるWrittenWritten variant of 「任じる」 with different conjugation; likewise covers appointing and posing as. In everyday speech 「任命する」 is more common.
• Related託するたくするWrittenWritten. Entrusts things to a person or has someone deliver a message, and can also express feelings through something; 「委任」 covers only affairs and authority.
• Related仰せ付けるおおせつけるFormalFormal honorific for respectfully describing orders or appointments from a superior or esteemed person; 「委任」 is neutral authorization with no honorific coloring.
• Related就けるつけるNeutralNeutral. Puts someone into a post or on the throne, as in 「要職に就ける」; it arranges a person's position without 「委任」's handing over of affairs.
• Related叙任じょにんWrittenWritten. Confers rank and appoints to office, found mostly in historical narration; 「委任」 is the general entrusting of affairs and authority.
• Antonym直轄ちょっかつNeutralNeutral antonym. Direct control or supervision without going through others — the opposite of 「委任」, which passes matters to someone else's hands.
• Antonym受任じゅにんNeutralNeutral antonym. Accepting an appointment or taking on entrusted duties — the receiving side, opposite to 「委任」, which hands the commission out.

Use 「委任」 to formally hand authority or affairs to someone, as in 「委任状」. Outsource work with 「委託」, hand things over casually with 「任せる」, ask a favor with 「依頼」 or 「頼む」. For posts, 「任命」 is the neutral default, 「選任」 picks a suitable person for the post, 「命じる」 orders subordinates, 「委嘱」 commissions a named person, 「嘱託」 also means non-regular staff, 「信託」 is legal property trusts, 「指名」 only designates. 「任じる」「任ずる」「託する」「命ずる」「叙任」 are written; 「仰せ付ける」 is honorific; 「受任」「直轄」 are antonyms.

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1. 信頼しんらいする人ひとに委ゆだねて任まかせること。