委ねる

Reading

Kana: ゆだねる

Romaji: yudaneru

Definitions

v1

vt

1

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to

2

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

Kanji

委

Readings: イ、 ゆだ.ねる

Meanings: committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard

Example Sentences

君(きみ)の命(いのち)を彼女(かのじょ)に委(ゆだ)ねていいのか。

➥Are you sure you want to put your life in her hands?

私(わたし)は自分(じぶん)の財産(ざいさん)を弁護士(べんごし)に委(ゆだ)ねた。

➥I entrusted my property to the lawyer.

彼女(かのじょ)は子供(こども)を叔母(おば)の世話(せわ)に委(ゆだ)ねた。

➥She committed her child to her aunt's care.

大学生(だいがくせい)の時(とき)、有理子(ゆりこ)が愛欲(あいよく)に身(み)を委(ゆだ)ねた。

➥When she was at university, Yuriko abandoned herself to sexual passion.