JapanLingo

担当たんとう

tantou

being in charge

N3

How to remember this word

担当 is having something on your plate officially — the account, the module, the client. The 担当者 is “the person in charge” you ask for on the phone.

Example sentences

Example 1

watashi wa kono purojekuto o tantou shiteimasu.

I am in charge of this project.

Example 2

tantou ga kawaru baai wa, kanarazu okyakusama ni renraku shimasu.

If the person in charge changes, we always contact the customer.