置く
おく
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)
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
- to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state