Chinese edit

 
to assign; to appoint; office
to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
 
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (任意)
simp. #(任意)

Pronunciation edit


Adverb edit

任意

  1. as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants

Synonyms edit

Adjective edit

任意

  1. (attributive) arbitrary; willful

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (任意):
  • Japanese: 任意(にんい) (nin'i)
  • Korean: 임의(任意) (imui)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(にん)() (nin'i-na (adnominal (にん)() (nin'i na), adverbial (にん)() (nin'i ni))

  1. arbitrary, as one wants or thinks
  2. free, up to a person, according to their will, voluntary

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(にん)() (nin'i

  1. any choices, arbitrary selections
  2. free will

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.