物置
ものおき · monooki · JLPT N2 · noun
storeroom
📦 物 (mono) = thing + 置 (oki) = put: a place where you put things
物 means thing and 置く means to put or place. A 物置 is the spot where you put away things you don't use every day.
置 — net 罒 (top) + straight 直 (bottom)
Originally a phono-semantic compound: the net 网/罒 on top suggested the idea of catching or pardoning a criminal, while 直 ('straight, upright') gave the sound and hinted at setting things upright. The meaning shifted from 'pardon, set free' to the modern senses 'place, put, set up, establish'.