預ける

あずける · azukeru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to deposit

🏦🧳 azukeru sounds like a zoo-keeper: you hand your pet over into their custody

預 also appears in 預金 (yokin, bank deposit). 預ける is the giving side: you leave money, luggage or a child with someone. Its partner 預かる (azukaru) is the receiving side: to take into custody.

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