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placement; arrangement; positioning; deployment
The act of placing people or things in designated positions according to a plan or purpose. Used for physical arrangement of objects as well as the strategic assignment of personnel.
家具の配置を変えた。
I rearranged the furniture.
警備員を各出口に配置した。
Security guards were stationed at each exit.
効率を上げるために、オフィスの机の配置を見直すことにした。
We decided to review the desk arrangement in the office to improve efficiency.
配置 is a noun that can function as a suru verb (配置する). It emphasizes deliberate, planned placement.
PARTICLE PATTERNS:
- [thing/person]を配置する (to place/deploy something)
- [thing]の配置 (the arrangement of something)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 人員配置 (personnel deployment)
- 配置転換 (redeployment, reassignment)
- 配置図 (layout diagram)
- 配置を変える (change the arrangement)
配置転換 (redeployment) is a common workplace term for reassigning employees to different positions or departments within the same organization.