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[にん()]
nin
noun

English Meaning(s) for 任

noun
  1. obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

Definition and Synonyms for 任

Job the responsibility to do something
Synonyms: 仕事, , 任務, , , 役目, 職分, 職務
Appointment the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
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Task a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Synonyms: タスク, 仕事, , 任務, 作業, 勤め, 勤める, , , 役目, お役目, 御勤め, 業務, 職分, 職務, 課業, 課題
Part the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Synonyms: , 任務, 勤め, 勤める, , , 役儀, 役割, 役回り, 役目, 職務, 責務
Assignment a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
Synonyms: アサインメント, , 任務, 職務, 課役
Undertaking any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Synonyms: タスク, プロジェクト, 事業, , 任務, 勤め, 勤める, 課題
Obligation the state of being obligated to do or pay something
Synonyms: オブリゲーション, , 任務, 債務, 義務, 義理, , 責任, 責務
Incumbency the term during which some position is held
Synonyms: , 任期, 在任期間

Meanings for each kanji in 任

» responsibility; duty; term; entrust to; appoint

Categories 任 is a member of

State the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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Work activity directed toward making or doing something
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Occupation the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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Duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
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Duty the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
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Term a limited period of time
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 任

Sample Sentences for 任

He was raised to the bench.
If you're with me as a staff officer then I need you to bring a sense of danger with you to your work.
We have no call to appoint him to the post.

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