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置き去り (おきざり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

置おき去ざり

お

き

ざ

り

Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

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.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を置おき去ざりにするto leave a person behind
彼かれは仲なか間まを置おき去ざりにして逃にげた。
He left his companions behind and fled.
〈物もの〉を置おき去ざりにするto leave an object behind (e.g. a car, luggage)
洪こう水ずいで車くるまを置おき去ざりにするしかなかった。
Because of the flood, we had no choice but to leave the car behind.
〈人ひと〉に置おき去ざりにされるto be abandoned/left behind by someone
彼かの女じょは森もりの中なかで置おき去ざりにされた。
She was left behind in the forest.

Kanji

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

Related words

放ほう置ちN1
置き去り refers to leaving a person or thing behind while moving away, whereas 放置 refers to leaving something unattended or neglected without necessarily departing.
遺い棄き
遺棄 is a formal/legal term for abandonment (e.g. child abandonment), while 置き去り is the everyday word for leaving someone or something behind.
見み捨すてるN1
見捨てる is a verb meaning to abandon someone emotionally or morally, while 置き去り is a noun describing the physical act of leaving someone behind.

Don't confuse with

置おき引びき
置き引き means stealing an item someone left unattended, while 置き去り means leaving a person or thing behind; the two are easily confused because both begin with 置き.

Counted with

件けんN2
Incidents of 置き去り are typically counted with 件, as in 置き去り事件が一件発生した.

Built from

置おく+去さる

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Usage

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.

3%

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.