置く [おく] /(v5k,vt) (1) to put/to place/(v5k,vt) (2) to leave (behind)/(v5k,vt) (3) to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)/to set up/(v5k,vt) (4) to appoint (someone to a certain position)/to hire/to employ/(v5k,vt) (5) to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.)/to bear (in mind, etc.)/(v5k,vt) (6) to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool/(v5k,vt) (7) to take in (boarders, etc.)/to provide lodging in one's house/(v5k,vt) (8) to separate spatially or temporally/(v5k,aux-v) (9) (after the -te form of a verb) (uk) to do something in advance/(v5k,aux-v) (10) (after the -te form of a verb) (uk) to leave something in a certain state/to keep something in a certain state/(P)/EntL1421850/