お任せ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任
まか
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
御任せ

Etymology

Compound of 御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 任(まか)せ (makase, “entrusting”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 任(まか)せる (makaseru, “to entrust with something or someone, to leave (up) to something or someone”), itself the causative form of Old Japanese and Classical verb 任(ま)く (maku, “to order someone to do something; to appoint someone to a role or responsibility”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おまかせ [òmákásé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ma̠ka̠se̞]

Noun

お任(まか)せ • (omakase) 

  1. leaving something to someone else, especially the choice of a meal to a chef
    専(せん)門(もん)家(か)におまかせする
    senmonka ni omakase suru
    to leave it to the experts
  2. (technology, computing) randomly generating or deciding an option for a user by choice, e.g. a randomly picked username

Descendants

  • → Cantonese: 餓媽卡些 / 饿妈卡些 (ngo6 maa1 kaa1 se1), 阿媽家姐 / 阿妈家姐 (aa3 maa1 gaa1 ze2-1)
  • → English: omakase
  • → Korean: 오마카세 (omakase)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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