Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a cat has burrowed into a basket of freshly folded laundry, scattering socks around itself. One resident starts reaching toward the mess, but their partner gently lowers that reaching wrist and returns to drinking tea.

ほっとく

hottoku

to leave alone, to ignore

Colloquial contraction of 放っておく. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれのことはほっときなさい。
Leave him alone.
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彼かれをしばらくほっとくことにした。
We decided to leave him alone for a while.
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みんなには僕ぼくのことほっといてほしかったんだ。
I wanted everyone to leave me alone.
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