据え付ける

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 据え付ける is an ichidan transitive verb read すえつける. It means installing or securing an object such as a shelf or machine in its intended position, and its past form is 据え付けた.
• Basic usage: The object being installed commonly takes を, while the place where it is fixed takes に.
  • 作業員が壁に新しい棚を据え付けた。 describes a worker installing a new shelf on a wall; この機械を床にしっかり据え付ける必要がある。 states that the machine must be firmly secured to the floor.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 壁に棚を据え付ける
  • に marks the wall as the installation location, and を marks the shelf as the object installed.
• しっかり据え付ける
  • しっかり adds the requirement that the object be fixed securely rather than merely placed somewhere.
• 据え付ける and 置く
  • 置く generally means putting an object in a place, while 据え付ける more clearly means installing or securing it in a set position.