～を～に任せる ～を～にまかせる - Grammar Discussion

Grammar Points
#1

leave 〜 up to
entrust 〜 to

Structure

  • Noun(task) + を + Noun(target) + に ・ 任せる
  • Noun(target) + に + Noun(task) + を ・ 任せる

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#2

育児を親に任せっきりというのはよくない。

Why is it 任せっきり and not 任せたっきり in this example?

In the きり lesson it says to use verbs in past tense instead of the stem. I did see stuff online about being able to use with the verb stem, but if there’s a subtlety in meaning then I don’t understand.