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