任意

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Chinese[edit]

 
to assign; to appoint; office
to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
 
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (任意)
simp. #(任意)

Pronunciation[edit]


Adverb[edit]

任意

  1. as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants

Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

任意

  1. (attributive) arbitrary; willful

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (任意):
  • Japanese: 任意(にんい) (nin'i)
  • Korean: 임의(任意) (imui)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

(にん)() (nin'i-na (adnominal (にん)() (nin'i na), adverbial (にん)() (nin'i ni))

  1. arbitrary, as one wants or thinks
  2. free, up to a person, according to their will, voluntary

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

(にん)() (nin'i

  1. any choices, arbitrary selections
  2. free will

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.