責任者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
責	任	者
せき Grade: 5	にん Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
責任者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

責任 (sekinin, “responsibility”) +‎ 者 (-sha, “person”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せきに​んしゃ [sèkíníꜜǹshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɲ̟ĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

責(せき)任(にん)者(しゃ) • (sekininsha) 

1. a person in charge; a person responsible
   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)60(ろくじゅう)話(わ)　ロウワータウン”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 136:

     責(せき)任(にん)者(しゃ)と話(はなし)をさせろ　手(て)遅(おく)れになる前(まえ)に‼

     Sekininsha to hanashi o sasero teokure ni naru mae ni‼

     Let me talk to whoever’s in charge, before it’s too late!!