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Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
1. to put; to place​
  • それ
  • を
  • テーブル
  • の
  • うえ上
  • に
  • お置き
  • なさい
  • 。
Lay it on the table.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
2. to leave (behind)​
  • あいにく
  • わたし私
  • は
  • カメラ
  • を
  • いえ家
  • に
  • おいて
  • きた
  • 。
As it happens, I have left the camera at home.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
3. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
4. to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
5. to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
7. to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
8. to separate spatially or temporally​
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Auxiliary verb
9. to do something in advance​Usually written using kana alone, after the -te form of a verb
  • あそ遊び
  • たい
  • なら
  • ちゃんと
  • ルール
  • を
  • き決めて
  • おきなさい
  • 。
If we're going to play, make your mind up about the rules!
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Auxiliary verb
10. 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
  • もんだい問題
  • を
  • みかいけつ未解決
  • の
  • まま
  • に
  • して
  • おく
  • の
  • は
  • いけません
  • 。
You mustn't leave your problems unsolved.

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