任せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任
まか
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 任す (makasu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まかせ​る [màkáséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ka̠se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "任せる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
任せる まかせ​る [màkáséꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 任せろ まかせ​ろ [màkáséꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 任せられる まかせられ​る [màkáséráréꜜrù]
Causative 任せさせる まかせさせ​る [màkásésáséꜜrù]
Potential 任せられる まかせられ​る [màkáséráréꜜrù]
Volitional 任せよう まかせよ​ー [màkáséyóꜜò]
Negative 任せない まかせ​ない [màkáséꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 任せなかった まかせ​なかった [màkáséꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 任せます まかせま​す [màkásémáꜜsù]
Perfective 任せた まか​せた [màkáꜜsètà]
Conjunctive 任せて まか​せて [màkáꜜsètè]
Hypothetical conditional 任せれば まかせ​れば [màkáséꜜrèbà]

Verb

任(まか)せる • (makaseru) transitive ichidan (stem 任(まか)せ (makase), past 任(まか)せた (makaseta))

  1. entrust something to someone else, defer something to someone, leave something up to someone
    私(わたし)に任(まか)せて!
    Watashi ni makasete!
    Leave it to me!

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. “任・委”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.