任 (にん) — duty, responsibility

任にん duty

Frequency #1138 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 1 character noun

nin

にん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. にん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

duty
responsibility

Explained in simple Japanese

自分(じぶん)がすることになっているしごと。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

にん任 responsibility

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Words with 任 (24)

責(せき)任(にん) sekinin responsibility 任(まか)せる makaseru to entrust 就(しゅう)任(にん) shuunin inauguration 任(にん)務(む) ninmu duty 辞(じ)任(にん) jinin resignation 任(にん)意(い) nini voluntary 主(しゅ)任(にん) shunin person in charge 選(せん)任(にん) sennin appointment

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 任 (24)

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