置 チ お.く • -お.き placement; put; set; deposit; leave behind; keep; employ; pawn Grade Level 4 13 Strokes ➥
置く おく to put; to place v5k vt to leave (behind) v5k vt to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up v5k vt to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ v5k vt to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.) v5k vt to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool v5k vt to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house v5k vt to separate spatially or temporally v5k vt to do something in advance v5k aux-v uk to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state v5k aux-v uk beginner ➥
放置 ほうち leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning n vs Intermediate II ➥