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置く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
措く
居く

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 置く
Plain 置く [òkú]
Conjunctive 置いて いて [òíté]
Perfective 置いた いた [òítá]
Negative 置かない かない [òkánáí]
Negative perfective 置かなかった かなかった [òkánáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 置けば [òkéꜜbà]
Past conditional 置いたら いた [òítáꜜrà]
Imperative 置け [òké]
Volitional 置こう [òkóꜜò]
Desiderative 置きたい きたい [òkítáí]
Formal 置きます きま [òkímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 置きません きませ [òkímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 置きましょう きましょ [òkímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 置きました きました [òkímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 置き
置きに

きに
[òkí]
[òkí ní]
Negative continuative 置かず
置かずに
かず
かずに
[òkázú]
[òkázú ní]
Passive 置かれる かれる [òkárérú]
Causative 置かせる
置かす
かせる
かす
[òkásérú]
[òkású]
Potential 置ける ける [òkérú]

Verb

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() (okugodan (stem () (oki), past ()いた (oita))

  1. to put, place, set
    (おれ)(つくえ)には()な。
    Ore no tsukue ni wa oku na.
    Don't even think about putting it on my desk!
  2. 置く, 擱く: to put down (a tool) (and thereby stop doing the task the tool was for)
    (ふで)()fude o okuto stop writing (literally, “to put down the brush”)
  3. to leave (something)
    (わたし)一人(ひとり)にしておいてください
    Watashi o hitori ni shite oite kudasai.
    Please leave me alone.
  4. to house; to put up; to take in (to let (someone) stay at one's own house)
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 12, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      (おく)さんは(はじ)(わたくし)のような(しょ)(せい)(うち)()つもりではなかったらしいのです。
      Oku-san wa hajime watakushi no yō na shosei o uchi e oku tsumori de wa nakatta rashii no desu.
      Apparently at first Oku-san did not intend to take a student like me into her home.
  5. to leave (space)
    (きょ)()おいて(ある)(ふた)()
    kyori o oite aruku futari
    two people walking with distance between them
  6. (auxiliary) [with (conjunctive +) ]
    1. to do something in advance as preparation
      (こん)(ばん)(こお)()かもしれませんので(はち)()(げん)(かん)(うつ)しておきます
      Konban kōritsuku ka mo shiremasen no de hachiue o genkan ni utsushite okimasu.
      Since it might freeze this evening, I'll move the potted plants into the foyer.
    2. to do and keep in that state
      ()()けておくMe o akete oku no yo.Keep your eyes open.

Usage notes

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Conjugation

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Conjugation of "置く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 置か おか oka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 置き おき oki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 置く おく oku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 置く おく oku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 置け おけ oke
Meireikei ("imperative") 置け おけ oke
Key constructions
Passive 置かれる おかれる okareru
Causative 置かせる
置かす
おかせる
おかす
okaseru
okasu
Potential 置ける おける okeru
Volitional 置こう おこう okō
Negative 置かない おかない okanai
Negative continuative 置かず おかず okazu
Formal 置きます おきます okimasu
Perfective 置いた おいた oita
Conjunctive 置いて おいて oite
Hypothetical conditional 置けば おけば okeba

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN