単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#160 most used

置く

おく0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

to put

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

Where do you want to put this?

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Where did I put it?

from Tatoeba · small_snow

MEANINGS

1

to put; to place

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

to leave (behind)

godan verb · transitive

3

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

godan verb · transitive

4

to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ

godan verb · transitive

5

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

godan verb · transitive

6

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

godan verb · transitive

7

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

godan verb · transitive

8

to separate spatially or temporally

godan verb · transitive

9

to do something in advance

godan verb · auxiliary verb

10

to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

godan verb · auxiliary verb

SOUNDS THE SAME

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#160 most used

Written置く only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium