嘱託

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 嘱託 is read as しょくたく and is a noun for entrusting specific work to a specialist, or for an employee working under a special contract, often after retirement.
• Basic usage: Entrusting an investigation to a specialist appears in 調査を専門家に嘱託する, while working as a contract employee appears in 会社の嘱託として働く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 委託
  • 嘱託 can denote contract-employee status as well as commissioning work.