おく
Verb, Transitive
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
Verb, Auxiliary
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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彼はその問題を棚に置いて、別の仕事に取り掛かった。
He put that problem aside and started on another task.
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