任せる

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まかせる [màkáséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ma̠ka̠se̞ɾɯ̟]

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "任せる"

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	任せる	まかせる	`[màkáséꜜrù]`
Imperative (命令形)	任せろ	まかせろ	`[màkáséꜜrò]`
Key constructions
Passive	任せられる	まかせられる	`[màkáséráréꜜrù]`
Causative	任せさせる	まかせさせる	`[màkásésáséꜜrù]`
Potential	任せられる	まかせられる	`[màkáséráréꜜrù]`
Volitional	任せよう	まかせよー	`[màkáséyóꜜò]`
Negative	任せない	まかせない	`[màkáséꜜnàì]`
Negative perfective	任せなかった	まかせなかった	`[màkáséꜜnàkàttà]`
Formal	任せます	まかせます	`[màkásémáꜜsù]`
Perfective	任せた	まかせた	`[màkáꜜsètà]`
Conjunctive	任せて	まかせて	`[màkáꜜsètè]`
Hypothetical conditional	任せれば	まかせれば	`[màkáséꜜrèbà]`

Verb

任(まか)せる • (makaseru) transitive ichidan (stem 任(まか)せ (makase), past 任(まか)せた (makaseta))

entrust something to someone else, defer something to someone, leave something up to someone
私(わたし)に任(まか)せて！
Watashi ni makasete!
Leave it to me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")			makase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")			makase
Shūshikei ("terminal")			makaseru
Rentaikei ("attributive")			makaseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")			makasere
Meireikei ("imperative")	¹ ²	¹ ²	makaseyo¹ makasero²
Key constructions
Passive			makaserareru
Causative			makasesaseru makasesasu
Potential	³	³	makaserareru makasereru³
Volitional			makaseyō
Negative			makasenai makasenu makasen
Negative continuative			makasezu
Formal			makasemasu
Perfective			makaseta
Conjunctive			makasete
Hypothetical conditional			makasereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

お任(まか)せ (omakase)

References

^ “任・委”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000

[1] “任・委”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000

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