おく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
2. to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
3. to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
4. to spend (time); to live one's life
5. to pass (down the line)
6. to affix okurigana
Kanji used
send something
Pitch accent
くる
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
Examples (120 in total)
Where did you send them?
Let's send New Year's cards to our friends.
I want to send a telegram.