Memory phrase for the Kanji: 任


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Meaning

responsibility, entrust, duty

Pronunciation

NIN
makaseru

Explanation

Left: person /, right: burden (spindle on which a thread is wound up)

Mnemonic

A person with such a burden has a great responsibilitiy.

Radicals

personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
samurai with hat
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Vocabulary

 任せる  まかせる  to entrust to another, to leave to; to do something at ones leisure
 任す  まかす  to entrust, to leave to a person
 任命  にんめい  appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation
 責任  せきにん  duty, responsibility
 主任  しゅにん  person in charge, responsible official
 任務  にんむ  duty, function, office, mission, task
 信任  しんにん  trust, confidence, credence
 就任  しゅうにん  inauguration, assumption of office
 赴任  ふにん  (proceeding to) new appointment

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