就任

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 就任 is a noun read しゅうにん, meaning taking office or assuming a position. It forms the verb 就任する.
• Basic usage: It can be the occasion being celebrated or describe the position someone is scheduled to assume.
  • 新しい委員長の就任を皆で拍手して祝いました。 says that everyone applauded to celebrate the new chair's appointment; 彼女は来月、劇団の代表に就任する予定です。 says that she is scheduled to become head of the theater company next month.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 就任を祝う
  • を marks the new chair's assumption of office as what everyone celebrated.
• 代表に就任する
  • に marks head of the theater company as the position that she will assume.
• 就任 and 任命
  • 任命 focuses on the act of appointing someone, while 就任 focuses on that person beginning the role.