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任す

まかす

to entrust; to leave (a matter) to someone

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Examples

  1. あとは私に任す。

    あとはわたしにまかす。

    Leave the rest to me.

  2. 細かいことは君に任すよ。

    こまかいことはきみにまかすよ。

    I'll leave the details to you.

  3. 現場の判断に任すほうが、結果として早く片づく。

    げんばのはんだんにまかすほうが、けっかとしてはやくかたづく。

    Leaving it to the judgement of the people on site actually gets it done faster.

  4. 運を天に任す気持ちで、彼は結果を待った。

    うんをてんにまかすきもちで、かれはけっかをまった。

    He waited for the result ready to leave his luck to heaven.

Common patterns

運を天に任す
to leave one's fate to heaven
後は任す
to leave the rest to someone
判断に任す
to leave it to someone's judgement

Memory tip

A blunter, more masculine variant of 任せる with the same meaning; 任せる is the safe default in writing and polite speech. Watch out for its homophone 負かす (to defeat) — different kanji, opposite worlds.

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