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

9. to do something in advance (Usually kana, after the -te form of a verb)

10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (Usually kana, after the -te form of a verb)