担当

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See also: 擔當

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 担当 – see 擔當 (“to take on; to assume; to operate; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 擔當).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
担 当
たん
Grade: 6 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
擔當 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

担(たん)当(とう) • (tantō) 

  1. charge of, end, responsibility for an area of work
  2. one who is in charge
    ２年生(にねんせい)の担当(たんとう)です。
    Ni nen sei no tantō desu.
    I am in charge of the 2nd-grade class.
  3. (host industry) host / hostess who attends to a patron

Verb

担(たん)当(とう)する • (tantō suru) transitive suru (stem 担(たん)当(とう)し (tantō shi), past 担(たん)当(とう)した (tantō shita))

  1. be in charge, handle an area of responsibility

Conjugation

Conjugation of "担当する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 担当し たんとうし tantō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 担当し たんとうし tantō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 担当する たんとうする tantō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 担当する たんとうする tantō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 担当すれ たんとうすれ tantō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 担当せよ¹
担当しろ² 		たんとうせよ¹
たんとうしろ² 		tantō seyo¹
tantō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 担当される たんとうされる tantō sareru
Causative 担当させる
担当さす 		たんとうさせる
たんとうさす 		tantō saseru
tantō sasu
Potential 担当できる たんとうできる tantō dekiru
Volitional 担当しよう たんとうしよう tantō shiyō
Negative 担当しない たんとうしない tantō shinai
Negative continuative 担当せず たんとうせず tantō sezu
Formal 担当します たんとうします tantō shimasu
Perfective 担当した たんとうした tantō shita
Conjunctive 担当して たんとうして tantō shite
Hypothetical conditional 担当すれば たんとうすれば tantō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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