委ねる
ゆだねる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
- to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
Kanji
- 委 entrust. Read as ゆだねる.
Example sentences
- 君の命を彼女に委ねていいのか。
Are you sure you want to put your life in her hands? - 私は自分の財産を弁護士に委ねた。
I entrusted my property to the lawyer. - 彼女は子供を叔母の世話に委ねた。
She committed her child to her aunt's care. - 大学生の時、有理子が愛欲に身を委ねた。
When she was at university, Yuriko abandoned herself to sexual passion.
Common phrases
- 判断に委ねる
- 身を委ねる (みをゆだねる) to yield oneself (to something)
- 判断を委ねる
- 手に委ねる
- 全てを委ねる
- 全権を委ねる (ぜんけんをゆだねる) to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)
- 他人に委ねる