置く

verb (godan)おく · oku

1. Englishto put; to place

   • それをテーブルの上に置きなさい。Lay it on the table.

2. Englishto leave (behind)

   • あいにく私はカメラを家においてきた。As it happens, I have left the camera at home.

3. Englishto establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up

4. Englishto appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ

5. Englishto place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)

6. Englishto put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool

7. Englishto take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house

8. Englishto separate spatially or temporally

9. Englishto do something in advance

   • 彼女はいつも自分の部屋をきれいにしておく。She always keeps her room clean.

10. Englishto leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

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