Usage patterns 〈 数かず 〉 メートルおきに at intervals of every ~ meters
Streetlights stand at intervals of ten meters along this road.
〈 数かず 〉 日にち おきに every ~ days
The doctor told me to come in every three days.
〈 数かず 〉 分ふん おきに every ~ minutes
This bus comes every fifteen minutes.
〈 数かず 〉 つおきに every other one; skipping every ~ items
Please leave every other seat empty when sitting.
Expressions おきに every ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between 置お きに 行い く play it safe; go for the safe option 身み の 置お き 所どころ がない not knowing what to do with oneself; feeling out of place; feeling awkward Related words ごと stresses that every single unit is included without exception (日ごと = every day, each one), while 置き highlights the gap between occurrences, often skipping units (一日置き = every other day).
Word family· 59 replacement; substitution; displacement
setting aside; leaving aside
place to put something; storage space
move to another position; change the position of; rearrange · replace; substitute; swap; switch
leaving behind; abandonment; desertion
Show 20 more Show fewer leaving as is; deferment; keeping unchanged · unredeemed; deferred; stationary
preface; introduction; preamble
reserving; setting aside; laying away
stock; reserve; supply
be replaced; be exchanged; be swapped; be rearranged
note left behind; letter left behind; will
chopstick rest
letter left behind; farewell note
luggage theft; bag snatching · luggage thief; bag snatcher
table clock; desk clock; mantel clock
punishment (of children); spanking; scolding · criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
punishment; spanking · criminal punishment; execution
every other one; alternate
every other day
temporary placement; putting something temporarily · preliminary placement; provisional placement
placed flat; horizontally mounted; lay-flat
landscape-oriented; horizontal placement
application of paste (for resist dyeing)
portrait orientation; vertical placement
spare umbrella kept at work or school
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Written forms おき Usage 83%
Usually written in kana. The kanji form 置き is also used, but kana is more common.
置お き Usage 14%
Kanji form, less common than kana. Can be used in formal or written contexts.
オキ Usage 3%
Etymology Derived from the verb 置く (おく , 'to put, place'), suggesting the idea of placing intervals. The suffix usage developed from the concept of leaving a space or time between things.
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