置 meaning'placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn'
 onyomiチ
 kunyomiお.く, -お.き
termpronunciationEnglish
置き場おきばplace where something is put
置くおくto put, to place; to leave (behind);
位置いちplace, situation, position, location
物置ものおきstorage room
装置そうちequipment, installation, apparatus
予算措置よさんそちbudgetary provision
位置付けいちづけ, いちつけplacement, fixed position, mapping out, location
処置しょちtreatment, measure, step
報復措置ほうふくそちreprisals, retaliatory measures
定置網ていちあみfixed net
廃藩置県はいはんちけんabolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
拘置こうちdetention, confinement, arrest
拘置所こうちしょprison, detention house
据え置きすえおきdeferment (e.g. of savings), leaving (a thing) as it stands
据え置くすえおくto leave as it is, to defer
措置そちmeasure, step
置き傘おきがさspare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
置き去りおきざりdesertion, leaving behind or in the lurch
置き忘れるおきわすれるto leave behind, to misplace, to forget
設置せっちestablishment, institution
配置はいちarrangement (of resources), deployment, stationing, posting, disposition
隅に置けないすみにおけないwitty and knowing, not to be underestimated, smooth operator
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