委託

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 委託(いたく) means entrusting the handling of work to another person or organization.
• Basic usage: It is used for assigning work such as facility cleaning to a specialist company or specifying the scope of that work.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is entrusted to whom
  • In 清掃を専門会社に委託した, 清掃 is the work assigned and 専門会社 is the party receiving it.
• A request and entrusted work
  • 依頼(いらい) covers requests more generally. 委託 more clearly emphasizes entrusting the handling of work or a similar task to another party.