How to say "put" in Japanese

• おくJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe default verb for the plain physical sense: putting or placing something somewhere, as when you set a bag on a chair or put a dish on the table.
  それをテーブルの上うえに置おきなさい。↗

  Lay it on the table.
• 収めるおさめるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'put into, put away, put back, keep in': the destination is a container or storage place, as when you put a letter into an envelope or put things away in a drawer.
  書類しょるいは全部ぜんぶテープでくくられて金庫きんこにおさめられた。↗

  All the papers were taped up and kept in the safe.
• 預けるあずけるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbHere 'put' means putting something in someone's care rather than placing it somewhere: leaving luggage at a counter, money with a bank, or a child in a sitter's keeping.
  あなたが先さきに帰かえってくるといけないので、お隣となりに鍵かぎを預あずけておきます。↗

  I'll leave a key with my next-door neighbour in case you get here before I do.
• 引き当てるひきあてるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbSeldom the word you want for 'put': it really means to apply or to compare, and touches 'put' only in the notion of putting oneself in someone else's position.

Use 「おく」 for simply putting or placing something somewhere, 「収める」 for putting something into or away in a place, 「預ける」 for leaving something in someone's care, and not 「引き当てる」, which only fits 'put oneself in someone's position'.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• おくto put
• 収めるおさめるto put (into)
• 預けるあずけるto leave (in someone's keeping)
• プットput (option)
• 陥れるおとしいれるto trap (into a difficult situation)
• やるto put
• 引き当てるひきあてるto apply
• 回すまわすto put (someone in a position)