置く
Reading
Kana:
おく
Romaji:
oku
Definitions
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
9
to do something in advance
Note:
after the -te form of a verb
Note:
word usually written using kana alone
10
to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
Note:
after the -te form of a verb
Note:
word usually written using kana alone
Kanji
Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き
Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn