選任|せんにんsennin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbnomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 選任する（せんにんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 選任します（せんにんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 選任しない（せんにんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 選任しません（せんにんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 選任せず・選任せぬ（せんにんせず・せんにんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 選任した（せんにんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 選任しました（せんにんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 選任しなかった（せんにんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 選任しませんでした（せんにんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 選任して（せんにんして） |
| Potential | 選任できる（せんにんできる） |
| Passive | 選任される（せんにんされる） |
| Causative | 選任させる（せんにんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 選任させられる（せんにんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 選任すれば（せんにんすれば） |
| tara | 選任したら（せんにんしたら） |
| Volitional | 選任しよう（せんにんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 選任しましょう（せんにんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 選任しろ（せんにんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym任命にんめいNeutralNeutral. An authority orders someone into a post, as in 「大臣を任命する」; it stresses the act of conferring the position, while 「選任」 stresses picking the right person.
- Related指名しめいNeutralNeutral. Names or designates a specific person, as in 「ドラフト指名」; it need not involve taking a post, while 「選任」 is choosing someone and installing them in it.
- Related嘱託しょくたくNeutralNeutral. Entrusts work to someone, and also means non-regular contract staff, as in 「嘱託社員」; the focus is on delegating work, not on choosing someone for a post.
- Related委任いにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Entrusts or authorizes someone to act, focusing on delegated authority; a legal term, as in 「委任状」.
- Related叙任じょにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Confers official posts or court ranks; a stately, historical word with a ceremonial air.
- Related就けるつけるNeutralNeutral. A verb meaning to install or appoint someone, as in 「王位に就ける」; it stresses putting a person into the position itself.
- Related任じるにんじるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A literary verb for appointing someone, as in 「大使に任じる」; more bookish than 「選任」.
- Related任ずるにんずるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A literary verb identical to 「任じる」 but even more written and rare in modern use.
- Antonym解任かいにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Removes someone from a post — the direct opposite of 「選任」, which selects and installs a person.
- Antonym罷免ひめんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Dismisses an official from office; like 「解任」, it stands opposite to 「選任」.
Use 「選任」 for choosing a suitable person and having them take a post, as in 「取締役の選任」. Say 「指名」 for naming a specific person, 「任命」 for conferring the post, and 「委任」 for delegating work; the opposites are 「解任」 and 「罷免」.
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