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置(お)く
Rank #596

Meanings

  • Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb
    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
  • Godan verb with 'ku' ending, auxiliary verb, usually written using kana
    9. to do something in advance
  • 10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

Readings

置く
(60%)
おく
(39%)
Appears in 6766 media