委ねる – Vocabulary details

委ゆだねる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to

ここは彼かの女じょに委ゆだねよう。Let's leave this to her.

2. to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

すぐに押おし寄よせてくる眠ねむりの波なみに意い識しきを委ゆだねる。I surrender my consciousness to the waves of sleep that quickly wash over me.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

委

committee

Pitch accent

ゆ

だね

る

Conjugations...Used in: 1762

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

身みを委ゆだねる

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

全ぜん権けんを委ゆだねる

to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

Examples (8 in total)

ここは彼かの女じょに委ゆだねよう。

Let's leave this to her.

それを、彼かれに委ゆだねてしまいました。

I ended up entrusting it to him.

音おん楽がくに体からだを委ゆだねて踊おどった。

I gave myself over to the music and danced.

私わたしは自じ分ぶんの財ざい産さんを弁べん護ご士しに委ゆだねた。

I entrusted my property to the lawyer.

彼かの女じょは子こ供どもを叔お母ばの世せ話わに委ゆだねた。

She committed her child to her aunt's care.

波なみに体からだを委ゆだねて、ぷかぷか浮うかんだ。

I gave myself up to the waves and floated lazily.

自じ分ぶんではない誰だれかに判はん断だんを委ゆだねてみたかったんだよ。

I wanted to try entrusting the judgment to someone other than myself.

すぐに押おし寄よせてくる眠ねむりの波なみに意い識しきを委ゆだねる。