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置く おく N5

  1. to place; to put
  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 employ; to hire
  5. to bear (in mind, etc.); to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.)
  6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
  7. to provide lodging in one's house; to take in (boarders, etc.)
  8. to separate spatially or temporally
  9. to do something in advance
  10. to keep something in a certain state; to leave something in a certain state

さて置く さておく

  1. to set aside

据え置く すえおく

  1. to defer; to leave as it is

籍を置く せきをおく

  1. to be a member (of an organization); to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.)

留め置く とめおく

  1. to detain; to keep; to leave (a letter) till called for; to lock up; to retain

一目置く いちもくおく

  1. to acknowledge another's superiority; to take off one's hat to a person

念頭に置く ねんとうにおく

  1. to bear in mind; to give thought to; to keep in mind

捨て置く すておく

  1. to ignore; to leave as is

言い置く いいおく

  1. to leave a message; to leave word

差し置く さしおく

  1. to disregard; to leave as is; to let alone
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