任じる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
任
にん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb 任(にん)ずる (ninzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にんじる [nìńjírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) にんじ​る [nìńjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

任(にん)じる • (ninjiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 任(にん)じ (ninji), past 任(にん)じた (ninjita))

  1. appoint, nominate
    Synonym: 任ずる

Conjugation
Conjugation of "任じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 任じ にんじ ninji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 任じ にんじ ninji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 任じる にんじる ninjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 任じる にんじる ninjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 任じれ にんじれ ninjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 任じよ¹
任じろ²		 にんじよ¹
にんじろ²		 ninjiyo¹
ninjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 任じられる にんじられる ninjirareru
Causative 任じさせる
任じさす		 にんじさせる
にんじさす		 ninjisaseru
ninjisasu
Potential 任じられる
任じれる³		 にんじられる
にんじれる³		 ninjirareru
ninjireru³
Volitional 任じよう にんじよう ninjiyō
Negative 任じない
任じぬ
任じん		 にんじない
にんじぬ
にんじん		 ninjinai
ninjinu
ninjin
Negative continuative 任じず にんじず ninjizu
Formal 任じます にんじます ninjimasu
Perfective 任じた にんじた ninjita
Conjunctive 任じて にんじて ninjite
Hypothetical conditional 任じれば にんじれば ninjireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  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
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