就任|しゅうにんshuunin[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbassumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
    彼かれは大統領だいとうりょうに就任しゅうにんした。↗
    He was inaugurated as President.
Conjugation
Dictionary form就任する(しゅうにんする)
Polite (masu)就任します(しゅうにんします)
Negative (nai)就任しない(しゅうにんしない)
polite (masen)就任しません(しゅうにんしません)
classical zu / nu就任せず・就任せぬ(しゅうにんせず・しゅうにんせぬ)
Past (ta)就任した(しゅうにんした)
polite (mashita)就任しました(しゅうにんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)就任しなかった(しゅうにんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)就任しませんでした(しゅうにんしませんでした)
Te form就任して(しゅうにんして)
Potential就任できる(しゅうにんできる)
Passive就任される(しゅうにんされる)
Causative就任させる(しゅうにんさせる)
Causative passive就任させられる(しゅうにんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)就任すれば(しゅうにんすれば)
tara就任したら(しゅうにんしたら)
Volitional就任しよう(しゅうにんしよう)
polite (mashou)就任しましょう(しゅうにんしましょう)
Imperative就任しろ(しゅうにんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym着任ちゃくにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Taking up a new post with the nuance of arriving at the place of duty (「新任地に着任する」); overlaps with 就任 but stresses the arrival.
  • Antonym辞任じにんNeutralNeutral. Resigning a position of one's own will; the direct opposite of 就任.
  • Antonym退任たいにんNeutralNeutral. Stepping down from a post one has held, as by retirement; the opposite of 就任.
  • Antonym解任かいにんNeutralNeutral. Removing someone else from a post (「解任する」); the person dismissed is 「解任される」. Opposite of 就任.

Use 「就任」 for assuming a position (「社長に就任する」) and 「着任」 for arriving to start a new post. The opposites are 「辞任」 (voluntary resignation), 「退任」 (stepping down or retiring) and 「解任される」 (being dismissed).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. ある任務にんむや職務しょくむに就つくこと。
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