置く

おく

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L21

Meanings

Godan verb (-ku), Transitive
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.)

All 10 meanings

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
Godan verb (-ku), Auxiliary verb
to do something in advance
to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

Forms

	Plain	Polite
Present	置くおく	置きますおきます
Negative	置かないおかない	置きませんおきません
Past	置いたおいた	置きましたおきました
Past negative	置かなかったおかなかった	置きませんでしたおきませんでした

Te-form	置いておいて
Potential	置けるおける
Passive	置かれるおかれる
Causative	置かせるおかせる
Volitional	置こうおこう
Imperative	置けおけ
Conditional (ば)	置けばおけば
Conditional (たら)	置いたらおいたら

Example sentences

床ゆかに置おいて。

Put it on the floor.
そこに置おいて。

Put it there.
それを下したに置おけ。

Set it down there.
床ゆかの上うえに置おいて。

Put it on the floor.
受話器じゅわきを置おいて。

Put the phone down.

More examples (10)

角かどに置おいといて。

Put it in the corner.
通路つうろに物ものを置おくな。

Don't put your things in the passage.
俺おれの机つくえには置おくな。

Don't put it on my desk.
鉛筆えんぴつを置おきなさい。

Put down your pencil.
お前まえの銃じゅうを置おいて。

Put your gun down.
トムは本ほんを置おいた。

Tom put the book down.
置おいていかないで。

Please don't leave it there.
ここに置おいといて。

Leave it here.
どこに置おいたっけ？

Where did I put it?
そこに置おいといて。

Leave it there.