置く: to put
置く oku
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
JLPT N5Everyday actions
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
野焼きは、地面の上で、土器のまわりに草や木を置いて火をたく方法です。
In open firing, you place grass and wood around the pots on the ground and burn them.
From the lesson 弥生土器
From the lesson 墓と身分のちがい
大きな銅鐸は、人々に見せるために、まつりの場に置かれたのかもしれません。
Large dōtaku may have been placed at festival sites so that people could see them.
From the lesson まつりと信仰
そして、夫婦に八塩折の酒という強い酒を作らせ、八つの門の後ろに、酒の桶を一つずつ置かせました。
Then he had the couple make a strong sake called Yashiori no Sake and set a vat of sake behind each of eight gates.
From the lesson ヤマタノオロチ