おく

Also written 置く

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive 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. Godan verb, Auxiliary verb to do something in advance (after the -te form of a verb)
10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (after the -te form of a verb)

Example sentences

• 最悪の場合を考えておこう。
  Let's consider the worst that could happen.
• もっと成績を気にかけられればいいのだけれど、でも自分の人生のある点において成績はそんなに重要ではないと分かったんだ。
  I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.
• トランプを樫のテーブルに置いて。
  Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
• チップを置きましたか。
  Did you leave a tip?
• 我々は最悪の事態を考えておかなければいけない。
  We have to expect the worst.

Common phrases

• 拠点を置く
• 重点を置く
• 距離を置く (きょりをおく) to distance oneself (from)
• 支配下に置く
• 念頭に置く (ねんとうにおく) to give thought to
• 重きを置く (おもきをおく) to emphasize
• 籍を置く (せきをおく) to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.)
• 下に置く
• 司令部を置く
• 傘下に置く
• 手元に置く
• 信頼を置く
• 力点を置く
• 比重を置く
• 枕元に置く

Words containing おく

• さておく to set aside
• 席を取っておく (せきをとっておく) to book a seat
• 放っておく (ほうっておく) to leave alone

And 4 more.

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