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Godan verb, transitive verb

1. to put, to place.
2. to leave (behind).
3. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up.
4. to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ.
5. to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.).
6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool.
7. to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house.
8. to separate spatially or temporally.

Godan verb, auxiliary verb

1. to do something in advance.
2. to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state.