Illustration: Inside a small Japanese café before an event, the owner places the entire key ring and supply pouch into the hands of a trusted colleague. She gestures broadly toward the room, then turns to leave with her coat and travel bag.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち任にん

ichinin

to leave entirely to someone

Example sentences

  1. 家計かけいのことは妻つまに一任いちにんしていた。

    I entrusted my wife with the family finances.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 動議どうぎの扱あつかいを議長ぎちょうに一任いちにんする。

    I leave the handling of the motion to the speaker.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 館かんの運営うんえいから作品さくひんの選択せんたく、収集しゅうしゅうまで、すべては矢代やしろに一任いちにんされた。

    All the works ranging from the management of the museum to the selection and collection of the artworks were entrusted to YASHIRO.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 一任

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 任responsibility; entrustOnニンKunまかせる・まかす

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