| 降任 | demotion | 
| 運に任せる | to trust to luck | 
| 運を天に任せる | to leave to chance | 
| 重い任務 | important task | 
| 責任を避ける | to shirk a responsibility | 
責任を取る 責任をとる | to take responsibility for | 
| 責任を担う | to shoulder responsibility | 
任に当たる 任にあたる | to undertake a duty | 
| 主任教授 | chairperson (head) (of the department of psychology) | 
| 常任指揮者 | regular (permanent) conductor | 
| 専任講師 | full-time lecturer, instructor | 
| 道義的責任 | moral obligation | 
| 任意団体 | private organization (neither controlled nor protected by law), private organisation | 
| 任命権 | appointive power | 
| 委任統治 | mandate | 
| 委任立法 | delegated legislation | 
| 企業責任 | corporate responsibility | 
| 軍事任務 | military mission | 
| 信任票 | vote of confidence | 
| 製造物責任 | product liability | 
| 製造物責任法 | product liability law | 
| 戦争責任 | war responsibility | 
| 特別背任 | aggravated breach of trust | 
| 非常任理事国 | non-permanent member (UN Security Council) | 
| 不信任決議 | censure vote | 
| 不信任動議 | censure motion | 
| 責任回避 | avoidance of responsibility | 
| 責任問題 | a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies, a question of who is responsible (to blame) | 
| 白紙委任 | carte blanche, blank check, blank cheque, unconditional authority | 
| 不適任者 | unqualified (incompetent) person, square peg in a round hole | 
| 連帯責任 | collective responsibility, joint liability | 
彼方任せ 貴方任せ あなた任せ | depending on others, leaving things to others | 
| 説明責任 | accountability, being held accountable | 
| 期差選任 | staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers) | 
| 最適任者 | best qualified person, most suitable person | 
お任せ 御任せ | leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) | 
| 退任展 | farewell exhibition, retrospective (exhibition), exhibition in commemoration of retirement | 
責任逃れ 責任のがれ | avoiding or dodging responsibility | 
| 責任を持って | responsibly, properly, correctly | 
| 責任を持って果たす | to take the responsibility (for an action), to carry out in a responsible manner | 
| 責任を持つ | to be responsible for, to bear the responsibility of | 
| 質欠陥の責任 | quality and defects liability | 
| 担保責任 | warranty | 
| 瑕疵担保責任 | warranty against defects | 
| 担任教師 | class teacher, homeroom teacher, form teacher | 
| 最高責任者 | chief executive | 
| 内閣不信任案 | parliamentary motion of non-confidence against the cabinet | 
| 有限責任会社 | limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.), LLC |