置おいてけぼり

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Meanings

noun

leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

Colloquial noun, often used in the phrase 置いてけぼりにする or 置いてけぼりを食う. Implies being left behind by a group or partner, sometimes with a sense of being ditched or stranded. Compare with the more standard 置いてきぼり.

See also: 置いてきぼり (おいてきぼり)

友とも達だちに置おいてけぼりにされて、一人ひとりで帰かえった。
I was left behind by my friends and went home alone.
彼かれだけ置おいてけぼりを食くったみたいだ。
It seems like only he got left behind.

Kanji

置placement, put, set
堀ditch, moat, canal

Related words

置おいてきぼり
More standard and slightly less colloquial than 置いてけぼり. Both mean 'leaving behind', but 置いてけぼり has a more casual, sometimes playful or complaining tone.

Written forms

置おいてけぼりUsage100%
Standard spelling. The kanji 置 means 'to put/leave', and the rest is a colloquial contraction.
置おいてけ堀ぼり
Ateji spelling using 堀 (moat/ditch), referencing a folk tale about a fish that cried 'leave me behind' at a moat. Rarely used in modern writing.

Etymology

Derived from the Edo-period folk tale of a fish that cried '置いてけ、置いてけ' ('Leave me behind!') at a moat. The form 置いてけぼり is a contraction of 置いてけ (imperative of 置いていく) + ぼり (from 堀, 'moat').