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おく

to put

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Definitions

Common N5
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

1. To put; To place

2. To leave (behind)

3. To establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); To set up

4. To appoint (someone to a certain position); To hire; To employ

5. To place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); To bear (in mind, etc.)

6. To put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool

7. To take in (boarders, etc.); To provide lodging in one's house

8. To separate spatially or temporally

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, auxiliary verb

9. To do something in advance word usually written using kana alone.

10. To leave something in a certain state; To keep something in a certain state word usually written using kana alone.

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