Word Meaning

にん nin

任 is read as にん (nin) and means obligation.

Meaning

English

  1. obligation
  2. duty
  3. charge
  4. responsibility

Reading

Kana

にん

Romaji

nin

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms Rank 12846 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

任期

にんき

term of office

任務

にんむ

duty

任意

にんい

arbitrary

任命

にんめい

appointment

任せる

まかせる

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone)

任す

まかす

to entrust (to someone)

任地

にんち

one's place of appointment

任官

にんかん

appointment (to an office)

任用

にんよう

appointment

任意出頭

にんいしゅっとう

voluntarily appearing for police questioning

主任

しゅにん

person in charge

責任

せきにん

duty

Example Sentences

9

このしごとはわたしにまかせてください。

Please leave this job to me.

かれはじゅうようなにんをはたした。

He fulfilled an important duty.

ぶちょうににんめいされた。

I was appointed department manager.

こどもをあねにまかせてでかけた。

I left my child with my older sister and went out.

にんきはらいねんまでです。

The term lasts until next year.

かれにすべてをまかせるのはあぶない。

It's dangerous to leave everything to him.

そのにんはわたしにはおもすぎる。

That responsibility is too heavy for me.

しゃちょうはかれをかいがいししゃのせきにんしゃににんじた。

The president appointed him head of the overseas branch.

けっかはうんにまかせるしかない。

We can only leave the result to luck.