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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) inner part ; interior ; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.) ; depths (e.g. of a forest) ; recesses (e.g. of a cave) ; heart ; end (of a road, garden, etc.)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) living quarters (at the back of a house) ; inner room
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) recesses (of one's mind) ; bottom (of one's heart) ; behind (someone's words) ; mysteries (of an art)
Other forms
奧 【おく】 (search-only kanji form)
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numeric
hundred million ; 100,000,000 ; 10^8
１０億人の人たちが英語を話しています。
One billion people speak English.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to put ; to place
それをテーブルの上に置きなさい。
Lay it on the table.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to leave (behind)
あいにく私はカメラを家においてきた。
As it happens, I have left the camera at home.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.) ; to set up
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to appoint (someone to a certain position) ; to hire ; to employ
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.) ; to bear (in mind, etc.)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to take in (boarders, etc.) ; to provide lodging in one's house
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to separate spatially or temporally
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
word usually written using kana alone
to do something in advance
after the -te form of a verb
彼女はいつも自分の部屋をきれいにしておく。
She always keeps her room clean.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
word usually written using kana alone
to leave something in a certain state ; to keep something in a certain state
after the -te form of a verb
宿題をやりかけにしておいた。
The boy left his homework half-finished.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to stop (doing something) ; to cease ; to put aside
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to leave as is ; to leave alone
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending transitive verb to exclude ; to except
Other forms
擱く 【おく】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) house ; building
さあ、みんなで食べ放題の焼き肉屋さんに行こうよ。
Let's all go to an all-you-can-eat Yakiniku restaurant.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) roof
文法屋に聞きたいんですが、「be+分詞」はV Cなどのように考えることはできないんですか？
I'd like to ask a grammarian, isn't it possible to think of 'be + participle' like you do V C and such?
