Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
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
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, く)
Usually written in kana
9. to do something in advance
after the -te form of a verb
10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
after the -te form of a verb