Kanji 責 Words: Meanings and Readings

責任者

せきにんしゃ

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)

自賠責保険

じばいせきほけん

mandatory vehicle liability insurance

責任転嫁

せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

引責辞任

いんせきじにん

taking responsibility upon oneself (and resigning)

海老責め

えびぜめ

bondage torture where the bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, with the rope tightened until their ankles touch their neck

企業の社会的責任

きぎょうのしゃかいてきせきにん

corporate social responsibility

結果責任

けっかせきにん

responsibility for the consequences

現責め

うつつぜめ

sleep deprivation (as a form of torture)

罪責

ざいせき

responsibility or liability for a crime

自動車損害賠償責任保険

じどうしゃそんがいばいしょうせきにんほけん

mandatory vehicle liability insurance

自賠責

じばいせき

mandatory vehicle liability insurance

質欠陥の責任

しつけっかんのせきにん

quality and defects liability

社長兼最高経営責任者

しゃちょうけんさいこうけいえいせきにんしゃ

president and chief executive officer

蛇責め

へびぜめ

torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

出納責任者

すいとうせきにんしゃ

person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

職責手当

しょくせきてあて

salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree