置く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
置
お Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

措く

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おく [òkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- (Tokyo) おく [òkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[3]
- IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

置く (godan conjugation, hiragana おく, rōmaji oku)

to put
俺 (おれ)の机 (つくえ)には置 (お)くな。
Ore no tsukue ni wa oku na.
Don't even think about putting it on my desk!
to leave (something)
私 (わたし)を一人 (ひとり)にしておいてください。
Watashi o hitori ni shite oite kudasai.
Please leave me alone.
(following a て-form verb) to do in advance
目 (め)を開 (あ)けておくのよ。
Me o akete oku no yo.
Keep your eyes open.

Usage notes

置く as used in sense 3 is usually written in hiragana as おく.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "置く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	置か	おか	oka
Continuative (連用形)	置き	おき	oki
Terminal (終止形)	置く	おく	oku
Attributive (連体形)	置く	おく	oku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	置け	おけ	oke
Imperative (命令形)	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

Derived terms

置き忘れる
言い置く, 言置く
一目置く
聞き置く
差し置く
扠置く
据え置く
捨て置く
留め置く
にして置く

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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