置おき去ざり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

leaving behind; abandonment; desertion

Typically used in the pattern 置き去りにする, meaning to leave someone or something behind, often with a nuance of neglect or abandonment.

彼かれは家か族ぞくを置おき去ざりにして、一人ひとりで海かい外がいへ行いった。
He left his family behind and went abroad alone.

駅えきに荷に物もつを置おき去ざりにしてしまった。

I accidentally left my luggage behind at the station.

Written forms

置おき去ざりUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
置おきざりUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form mixing kanji and kana; not a standard spelling.
おきざりUsage5%
おき去ざりUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form mixing kana and kanji; not a standard spelling.
置おき去ざりUsage<1%
Variant without okurigana; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

置placement, put, set
去gone, past, quit

Similar words

置おく
置く is the base verb meaning 'to put' or 'to place'; 置き去り is a noun derived from the compound 置き去る, emphasizing the act of leaving something behind.
見み捨すてる
見捨てる means 'to abandon' or 'to forsake' with a stronger emotional or moral connotation, often implying a deliberate decision to cut ties, while 置き去り focuses on the physical act of leaving behind.

Etymology

Compound of 置き (continuative form of 置く, 'to put') and 去り (continuative form of 去る, 'to leave'), literally 'putting and leaving'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period.