Kanji: 任

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	責任(せきにん)	duty, responsibility
N3	任(まか)せる	to entrust to another, to leave to
N2	就任(しゅうにん)	inauguration, assumption of office
N1	主任(しゅにん)	person in charge, responsible official
N1	信任(しんにん)	trust, confidence, credence
N1	転任(てんにん)	change of post
N1	任務(にんむ)	duty, function, office, mission, task
N1	任命(にんめい)	appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation
N1	赴任(ふにん)	(proceeding to) new appointment
N1	任(まか)す	to entrust, to leave to a person