託す

• 読み: たくす
• ローマ字: takusu
• 漢字の分解: 託 (taku) — entrust, consign, request
• 発音: /ta.kɯ.sɯ/

意味

To entrust; to leave a matter with someone; to place under someone's care.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb meaning to entrust something important to someone else. Carries a sense of trust, responsibility, and sometimes urgency. Used for entrusting tasks, messages, children, dreams, or the future to others. The noun form 委託 (itaku) is common in business contexts.

例文

1. 後のことは君に託すよ。
2. 子供を隣の家に託して買い物に出かけた。
3. 若い世代に未来を託したいと思う。

使い方ガイド

場面: responsibility, relationships, business

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From the kanji 託 (consign, entrust), combining 言 (speech/words) with 乇 (entrust). Originally meant to convey a message through someone, later broadening to entrusting anything of importance.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal