I Love Kanji任せる (makaseru)
任せる (まかせる, makaseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まかせる
- Romaji
- makaseru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with · ichidan verb, transitive
- to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to let (happen); to give (oneself to something) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely; to use without reserve · ichidan verb, transitive · as ...に任せて
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 任せる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 任せる | まかせる makaseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 任せます | まかせます makasemasu |
| Negative | 任せない | まかせない makasenai |
| Polite negative | 任せません | まかせません makasemasen |
| Past | 任せた | まかせた makaseta |
| Polite past | 任せました | まかせました makasemashita |
| Negative past | 任せなかった | まかせなかった makasenakatta |
| Te-form | 任せて | まかせて makasete |
| Potential | 任せられる | まかせられる makaserareru |
| Passive | 任せられる | まかせられる makaserareru |
| Causative | 任せさせる | まかせさせる makasesaseru |
| Volitional | 任せよう | まかせよう makaseyou |
| Imperative | 任せろ | まかせろ makasero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 任せれば | まかせれば makasereba |
Kanji in 任せる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 任せる.
責任せきにんduty就任しゅうにんassumption (of office)任務にんむduty任命にんめいappointment転任てんにんchange of post主任しゅにんperson in charge信任しんにんtrust赴任ふにんmoving to a different location to start a new job任すまかすto entrust (to someone)
Source: JMdict entry 1467150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.