Definition: 意味
to put; to place
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 置く 【おく】(oku)
Meaning:
- to put; to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
- to place (one’s trust, one’s faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one’s house
- to separate spatially or temporally
- to do something in advance (Usually written using kana alone, after the -te form of a verb)
- to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (Usually written using kana alone, after the -te form of a verb )
Type: Verb, Godan verb, Transitive verb
Level: JLPT N5 Vocabulary
置く - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
ここに置くよ。
ここにおくよ。
koko ni oku yo.
I'll place it here.
Example #2
あそこに置いてあります。
あそこにおいてあります。
asoko ni oite arimasu.
I placed it over there. / It's placed over there.
Example #3
ここに置いてください。
ここにおいてください。
koko ni oite kudasai.
Please place it here.
Example #4
この上に物を置かないでください。
このうえにものをおかないでください。
kono ue ni mono wo okanaide kudasai.
Please don't leave things on top of here.
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