I Love Kanji置く (oku)
置く (おく, oku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put; to place”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おく
- Romaji
- oku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to put; to place · godan verb, transitive
- to leave (behind) · godan verb, transitive
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up · godan verb, transitive
- to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ · godan verb, transitive
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 置く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 置く | おく oku |
| Polite (~masu) | 置きます | おきます okimasu |
| Negative | 置かない | おかない okanai |
| Polite negative | 置きません | おきません okimasen |
| Past | 置いた | おいた oita |
| Polite past | 置きました | おきました okimashita |
| Negative past | 置かなかった | おかなかった okanakatta |
| Te-form | 置いて | おいて oite |
| Potential | 置ける | おける okeru |
| Passive | 置かれる | おかれる okareru |
| Causative | 置かせる | おかせる okaseru |
| Volitional | 置こう | おこう okou |
| Imperative | 置け | おけ oke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 置けば | おけば okeba |
Kanji in 置く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 置く.
位置いちplace装置そうちequipment物置ものおきstorage room配置はいちarrangement (of resources)処置しょちmeasure設置せっちestablishment措置そちmeasure放置ほうちleaving as is前置きまえおきpreface
Source: JMdict entry 1421850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.