すえる – Vocabulary details

すえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)

お店みせのフロアの中ちゅう央おう辺あたりにテーブルが据すえられていた。A table had been set up around the middle of the shop floor.

2. to install; to seat (someone)

彼かれを、この国くにの国こく王おうに据すえなくてはならない。We must install him as the king of this country.

3. to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

少しょう女じょはペットボトルに視し線せんを据すえたまま答こたえた。The girl answered while keeping her gaze fixed on the plastic bottle.

4. to apply (moxa)

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly

誰だれをこの地ち位いにすえるのかが問もん題だいだよな。

The question is who to put in this position.

私わたしは瓶びんを床ゆかにすえ、膝ひざをついた。

I set the bottle on the floor and knelt down.

彼かれを、この国くにの国こく王おうにすえなくてはならない。

We must install him as the king of this country.

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