措く | Japanese meaning

措く【おく】

Frequency rank: 47,038. – 47,982. (for form おく: 621.)

Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb

to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
to leave as is; to leave alone
to exclude; to exceptsee also を措いて【をおいて】

Forms

措く【おく】Frequency rank: 47,038. – 47,982.
擱く【おく】
おくFrequency rank: 621.

Generated definitions (experimental)

to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside

This meaning of 措く is used when someone stops or ceases doing a particular action, or when they put something aside for the time being.

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Since it started raining, we decided to stop the picnic and go home.

to leave as is; to leave alone

This meaning refers to leaving something in a certain state or condition without changing or intervening.

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My friend who was struggling asked me for advice, but I decided to leave them be.

to exclude; to except

措く is used to indicate the act of excluding or excepting something from a list or group.

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When responding to this survey, please exclude students with lower grades.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to be able to leave aloneto leave as isto cease or to stop is difficultべきshould be put asideto forget to stopby excludingthere is a need to leave it aloneto not put anything asideto stop without rushingto leave it aside for a while