一任

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (一任)		一	任
simp. ^#(一任)		一	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīrèn [Phonetic: yírèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yirèn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-jên⁴
  - Yale: yī-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: irenn
  - Palladius: ижэнь (ižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ jam⁶
  - Yale: yāt yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐm²²/

Verb

一任

(literary) to allow; to let somebody do as they please
- 無意苦爭春，一任羣芳妒。零落成泥碾作塵，只有香如故。 [Ci, trad.]
  无意苦争春，一任群芳妒。零落成泥碾作尘，只有香如故。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. early 13^th century, 陸游 (Lu You),《卜算子·詠梅》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Wúyì kǔ zhēng chūn, yīrèn qúnfāng dù. Língluò chéng ní niǎn zuò chén, zhǐyǒu xiāng rúgù. [Pinyin]
  Let other flowers their envy pour!
  To spring, she lays no claim.
  Fallen in mud and ground to dust, she seems no more,
  But her fragrance is still the same.

Synonyms

任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
聽憑／听凭 (tīngpíng)
任從／任从 (rèncóng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	任
いち Grade: 1	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちにん [ìchíníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

一(いち)任(にん) • (ichinin)

the complete leaving (of the handling or decisions of an activity) to someone
(historical) the fixed term of a provincial official in the 律(りつ)令(りょう)制(せい) (ritsuryōsei)

Verb

一(いち)任(にん)する • (ichinin suru) transitive suru (stem 一(いち)任(にん)し (ichinin shi), past 一(いち)任(にん)した (ichinin shita))

to completely leave (the handling or decisions of an activity) to someone
動(どう)議(ぎ)の扱(あつか)いを議(ぎ)長(ちょう)に一任(いちにん)する。
Dōgi no atsukai o gichō ni ichinin suru.
I leave the handling of the motion to the speaker.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "一任する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	一任し	いちにんし	ichinin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	一任し	いちにんし	ichinin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	一任する	いちにんする	ichinin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	一任する	いちにんする	ichinin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	一任すれ	いちにんすれ	ichinin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	一任せよ¹ 一任しろ²	いちにんせよ¹ いちにんしろ²	ichinin seyo¹ ichinin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	一任される	いちにんされる	ichinin sareru
Causative	一任させる一任さす	いちにんさせるいちにんさす	ichinin saseru ichinin sasu
Potential	一任できる	いちにんできる	ichinin dekiru
Volitional	一任しよう	いちにんしよう	ichinin shiyō
Negative	一任しない	いちにんしない	ichinin shinai
Negative continuative	一任せず	いちにんせず	ichinin sezu
Formal	一任します	いちにんします	ichinin shimasu
Perfective	一任した	いちにんした	ichinin shita
Conjunctive	一任して	いちにんして	ichinin shite
Hypothetical conditional	一任すれば	いちにんすれば	ichinin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
一	任

Noun

一任 • (irim) (hangeul 일임)

hanja form^? of 일임 (“entrust”)