間を置く

まをおく あいだをおく

to pause, to have a short intermission

少し間をおいて

すこしあいだをおいて すこしまをおいて

after a while, a little while later, shortly afterward, after a brief interval

据置期間

すえおききかん

period of deferment; grace period; interest-only period

装置空間

そうちくうかん

device space

中間装置

ちゅうかんそうち

intermediate equipment

霜を置いた

しもをおいた

gray, grey, frosted, hoary, frosty

置いてきぼりを食う

おいてきぼりをくう

to be left behind

置いて行く

おいていく

to leave behind

席を取って置く

せきをとっておく

to book (take) a seat

筆を置く

ふでをおく

to stop writing, to put down one's pen, to close (a letter)

算を置く

さんをおく

to calculate, to divine

信を置く

しんをおく

to put one's trust in

籍を置く

せきをおく

to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.), to be a member (of an organization)

身を置く

みをおく

to put oneself in, to enter, to serve (e.g. in the army), to be enlisted

仲間を語らって

なかまをかたらって

together with one's lot

間を裂く

あいだをさく

to estrange (two friends); to come between (two people); to drive a wedge

間を取る

あいだをとる まをとる

to take the middle (between the two), to split the difference

間を持つ

まをもつ

to have a controlling presence, to have a certain aura

置いてきぼりを食らう

おいてきぼりをくらう

to be left behind