任せる
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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.
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.
First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.
Pronunciation
- 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 | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 任せろ | まかせろ | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 任せられる | まかせられる | |
| Causative | 任せさせる | まかせさせる | |
| Potential | 任せられる | まかせられる | |
| Volitional | 任せよう | まかせよー | |
| Negative | 任せない | まかせない | |
| Negative perfective | 任せなかった | まかせなかった | |
| Formal | 任せます | まかせます | |
| Perfective | 任せた | まかせた | |
| Conjunctive | 任せて | まかせて | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 任せれば | まかせれば | |
Verb
任せる • (makaseru) transitive ichidan (stem 任せ (makase), past 任せた (makaseta))
- entrust something to someone else, defer something to someone, leave something up to someone
- 私に任せて！
- Watashi ni makasete!
- Leave it to me!
- 私に任せて！
Conjugation
Conjugation of "任せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 任せ | まかせ | makase | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 任せ | まかせ | makase | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 任せる | まかせる | makaseru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 任せる | まかせる | makaseru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 任せれ | まかせれ | makasere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 任せよ¹ 任せろ² |
まかせよ¹ まかせろ² |
makaseyo¹ makasero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 任せられる | まかせられる | makaserareru | |
| Causative | 任せさせる 任せさす |
まかせさせる まかせさす |
makasesaseru makasesasu | |
| Potential | 任せられる 任せれる³ |
まかせられる まかせれる³ |
makaserareru makasereru³ | |
| Volitional | 任せよう | まかせよう | makaseyō | |
| Negative | 任せない 任せぬ 任せん |
まかせない まかせぬ まかせん |
makasenai makasenu makasen | |
| Negative continuative | 任せず | まかせず | makasezu | |
| Formal | 任せます | まかせます | makasemasu | |
| Perfective | 任せた | まかせた | makaseta | |
| Conjunctive | 任せて | まかせて | makasete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 任せれば | まかせれば | makasereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Derived terms
- お任せ (omakase)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “まか・せる 【任・委】
”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
