Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
措く
居く

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "置く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
置く [òkú]
Imperative (命令形) 置け [òké]
Key constructions
Passive 置かれる かれる [òkárérú]
Causative 置かせる かせる [òkásérú]
Potential 置ける ける [òkérú]
Volitional 置こう [òkóꜜò]
Negative 置かない かない [òkánáí]
Negative perfective 置かなかった かなかった [òkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 置きます きま [òkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 置いた いた [òítá]
Conjunctive 置いて いて [òíté]
Hypothetical conditional 置けば [òkéꜜbà]

Verb edit

() (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. 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.
  3. (following a て-form verb) 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.
  4. (following a て-form verb) to do and keep in that state
    ()()けておく
    Me o akete oku no yo.
    Keep your eyes open.

Usage notes edit

  • 置く as used in sense 3 and 4 is usually written in hiragana as おく.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN