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置おく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to put; to place
2. to leave (behind)
3. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
4. to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
5. to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)
6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
7. to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
8. to separate spatially or temporally
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, く)
Usually written in kana
9. to do something in advance
after the -te form of a verb
10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
after the -te form of a verb
Alt. forms
おく
65%
置おく
34%
Kanji used
置
put down
Pitch accent
お
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 5984
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to pause; to have a short intermission
to pause; to have a short intermission
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to lay aside; to set aside
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to emphasize; to attach importance to
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to set aside
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
to put one's trust in
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to lay aside; to set aside
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to examine beforehand
to focus on particular aspects of things
to be based in (a place)
to understand; to keep in mind
to listen
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
to take in lodgers; to keep boarders
to set aside
to set aside
to form a committee
to calculate; to divine
Examples (95 in total)
Leave it here.
Where did I put it?
I left a note.
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