Keyword
obligation
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1078
Readings
にん
(55%)
まか
(44%)
Composed of
thin person
9th in rank
Used in kanji (6 in total)
rental payment
lean on
bean
like this
Used in vocabulary (285 in total)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
duty; function; office; mission; task
Examples (200 in total)
I'll leave everything to you.
I'll leave this work to you.
Please leave everything to me.
Leave it to me.
I'll leave it up to you.
If you leave it to him, it'll be all right.
Leave him to me.
The rest is left to you!
We had no choice but to leave the matter to him.
I'll leave that to you.
I leave the matter to your judgement.
Leave the matter to me.
I am responsible for this failure.
This isn't my responsibility. It's yours.
I'm sorry. I'm partly responsible for it.
It's all my fault.
He is apparently responsible for it.
It rests with you to decide whom to choose for the job.
Why don't you look into the problem yourself? It's your responsibility.
That's your responsibility.
It's your responsibility to do that.
You are responsible for the result.
You are responsible for what you have done.
You are responsible for what you do.
A mother is responsible for the conduct of her children.
I take full responsibility for the action.
It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.
I am not accountable to you for my actions.
Is that my responsibility?
I am responsible for my own conduct.
I am responsible for it, but my friends are not.
I will answer for the failure.
I'm responsible for what my son has done.
Do everything at your own risk.
Everyone is responsible for his own actions.
The responsibility is mine.
I am responsible for the mistake.
I will leave everything about the party up to you.
Parents are responsible for the safety of their children.
It follows from this that the company is not responsible for the accident.
You are responsible for this accident.
It is you that are responsible for the accident.
He is responsible for the accident.
Who is to blame for the accident?
I will leave the experiment to you.
Parents are responsible for their children's education.
I'll leave the decision to you.
Everyone is responsible for his own stupidity.
I don't like to take on such heavy responsibilities.
Everyone of us is responsible for his own conduct.
My father has no longer a responsible position.
I am responsible for her protection.
He always left the problem of his children's education to his wife.
Who is ultimately responsible for this?
Power carries responsibility with it.
The parents, rather than the children, are to blame.
I will leave it to your judgement.
I'll leave it up to your imagination.
I was charged with an important task.
He was given an important mission.
Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.
The teacher is in charge of the third-year class.
He will take charge of the class.
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Mr. Tanaka, our homeroom teacher, got married.
I entrusted my property to him.
They blamed the driver for the accident.
The policeman blamed the accident on the driver.
I'll leave it to you to buy the tickets.
The policeman blamed the taxi driver for the accident.
The police blamed the accident on the taxi driver.
He was sent on a special mission to Europe.
People swim at that beach at their own risk.
They left it to me to decide on a gift.
The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
The president has grave responsibilities.
He was absolved of all responsibility.
Leave it to me. I'll see to it.
I'd like to speak with whoever is in charge here.
Who is in charge of the office while the boss is away?
Can I speak to the person in charge?
We should leave that to the experts.
They accomplished their task without any difficulty.
I want to find out the source of this irresponsible rumor.
The man charged me with being irresponsible.
I am alarmed by your irresponsible attitude.
She charged me with being irresponsible.
You have certain privileges and therefore corresponding responsibilities.
A bus driver is responsible for the safety of the passengers.
The captain is responsible for the safety of passengers.
The driver is responsible for the safety of the passengers.
A great responsibility lies on his shoulders.
The responsibility weighs on me.
The responsibility sat heavily on her.
We are liable for the damage.
This is something you have to take responsibility for.
I'll take responsibility.
But the person in charge is there precisely to take responsibility.
You may as well leave such a decision to your daughter.
He took office two years ago.
He was inaugurated as President.
You must leave diagnosis to your doctor.
I blamed him for the accident.
You cannot count on her because she's too irresponsible.
The ambassador is responsible for the assignment.
It was not long before he was appointed professor.
There is no hope of his being appointed.
He was appointed to a responsible post.
They appointed her to do the task.
The president appointed a new manager.
We must appoint a new teacher soon.
I was appointed as section chief.
From now on, you must be responsible for what you do.
Now that you are a high school student, you are responsible for what you do.
Since you are no longer a child, you should be responsible for what you do.
Now that you have come of age, you should be responsible for what you do.
You should be responsible for your actions.
We ourselves have to be responsible for the earth.
Parents must answer for their children's conduct.
The police are responsible for the maintenance of law and order.
He is the proper person for the job.
You're the best man for the job.
If he were a little younger, he would be eligible for the post.
He is adequate for the post.
He was not an apt person for the task.
He thinks he is fit for the position.
In my opinion, he's the right man for the job.
I am uncertain as to whether I am the right person for the job.
The owners appointed him manager.
They appointed him manager.
Leave the tennis to me!
That responsibility is a burden to him.
Taro has a strong sense of responsibility.
I feel a little responsible.
He is a reliable person and has a strong sense of responsibility.
He has a strong sense of responsibility.
He was appointed chairman.
They installed him as chairman of the committee.
They appointed him chairman.
She was appointed chairperson.
I have been nominated for the chairman.
There was a heated argument as to who should be appointed chairman.
Beth is unqualified for such a responsible post.
Captains have responsibility for ship and crew.
They appointed Miss Smith chairperson.
The driver does not have responsibility for the traffic accident.
Tom is in charge of this project.
She isn't responsible for what Tom has done.
Leave it up to Tom.
Let's let Tom handle it.
Tom has a strong sense of responsibility.
It's clearly Tom's responsibility.
Let's leave the decision to Tom.
I'm not responsible for what Tom did.
She wished to punish only those responsible.
When you want cooperation, share the responsibility.
It would be best to leave it to a man who knows the ropes.
It is irresponsible of you to break your promise.
Mr. Brown is in charge of our class.
The Prime Minister appointed them to key Cabinet posts.
Willingness to take responsibility is a sign of maturity.
You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation.
She gained a position of responsibility in the firm.
They appointed him as a director.
We have the great responsibility to see that he succeeds on the entrance exam.
I will accept full responsibility for this.
You are accountable to me for his actions.
You will have to be responsible for what you've done.
I don't like having responsibilities.
Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.
You must answer for your careless conduct.
If it's origami, you can leave it to me! I can't do anything other than that, though...
I entrusted my wife with the family finances.
All the students respect their home room teacher.
Who is their homeroom teacher?
She has great respect for her homeroom teacher.
My homeroom teacher is the same age as my mother.
You are liable for the debt.
If anything goes wrong, I'll answer for the consequences.
One must be responsible for one's conduct.
This math teacher is also the coach of the basketball team.
A new teacher's going to take charge of this class.
Mr Suzuki, our new teacher, teaches us English.
Tom called for Mary's resignation.
It is not surprising that he resigned.
They were stunned after finding out about his resignation.
His resignation as Prime Minister came as a surprise.
He finally resigned the presidency of the college.
He resigned as president.
He's resigned his position as chairman of the committee.
He resigned from the job to take the responsibility for the loss.
He resigned on the grounds that he was ill.
It is rumored that he will shortly resign.
They demanded that President resign.
We're resigning.
I was surprised by his resignation.
The Prime Minister has resigned.
The news of the prime minister's resignation took us by surprise.
The premier is likely to resign.
The prime minister announced that he would resign within a few weeks.