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What are the nuances between these three verbs when paired with 責任? I
understand they all mean "to take responsibility", but are they
interchangeable, etc?

  * 責任を取る
  * 責任を負う
  * 責任を持つ

負う's definition says (among other things) "to take responsibility for". Does
this mean it can be used by itself (i.e. without "責任を")?

Also, when would 責任がある be appropriate to say that you take the responsibility?
(It seems to me that that implies where the responsibility is, regardless of
if it's recognized by the person/party who has it.)

Bonus Question: Are there other common ways of conveying taking
responsibility?
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words nuances
To take responsibility: 責任を　取る・負う・持つ
This may seem too obvious, but...

  * 責任を取る is to _take_ responsibility (actively)
  * 責任を負う is to _bear_ responsibility (with a negative, burdensome connotation)
  * 責任を持つ is to _carry_ responsibility (more neutral than bearing responsibility)
  * 責任がある is to _have_ responsibility (objective fact of having an obligation, e.g. legally)

For the bonus question, I think these are _all_ the different ways of saying
something similar to "to take responsibility". 負う by itself means "to bear"
and is not necessarily related to responsibility, e.g.

> 傷を負う  
>  to be injured / to sustain an injury
>
> Cf. 傷が付く  
>  to get injured.

However, in the negative, we have the negations of the above, but also

  * 無責任, which characterizes someone who has no sense of responsibility, e.g.

> 君は本当に無責任だな。  
>  You really have no sense of responsibility.
>
which is quite different from 責任が無い.
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