置

Meaning

置 centers on putting something in a place and leaving it there: placing, setting, depositing, or keeping something. The extended senses of employing someone or pawning an item are specific applications of putting a person or object into a designated position.

• 置くおく
  N5

  to put; to place

• 位置いち
  N3

  place; position; location

• 装置そうち
  N3

  equipment; device; installation; apparatus

• 設置せっち
  N1

  establishment; institution

• 放置ほうち
  N1

  leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

• 配置はいち
  N2

  arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout

• 措置そち
  N1

  measure; step; action

• 処置しょち
  N1

  measure; step; dealing with

• 位置付けいちづけ

  placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

• 留置りゅうち

  detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody

• 置き場おきば

  place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed; yard

• 置き換えるおきかえる

  to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange

• 置き去りおきざり

  leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

• 拘置こうち

  detention; confinement; arrest

• 物置ものおき
  N3

  storage room; storeroom; lumber room

• 据え置きすえおき
  N1

  deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

• 置物おきもの
  N1

  ornament; decorative object

• 前置きまえおき
  N1

  preface; introduction; preamble

• 位置付けるいちづける

  to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

• 倒置とうち
  N1

  turning upside down

• 拘置所こうちしょ

  prison; detention house; detention center; jail

• 留置場りゅうちじょう

  police cell; place of detention; jail

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