おく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
2. to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
3. to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
4. to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
5. to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
6. to take care of somebody until he dies
7. to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)
Kanji used
see
send something
Pitch accent
おくる
おく
Top 1800
Composed of
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
Examples (12 in total)
There's no need to see them off.
I went to the station to see my friend off.
"Where have you been?" "I have been to the station to see a friend off."
He went to see his grandfather off at the station.
"Where did you go?" "I went to the train station to see a friend off."
I have just been to Sapporo Station to see my mother off.
I went to the airport to see them off.
Both my parents came to see me off at the airport.
My brother and I went to see John off at the airport.
This morning I went to the airport in order to see my cousin off.
I've just been to the airport to see off a friend who was leaving for Europe.
Tom and Mary went out of their way to come to the station to see me off.