What does 据える (sueru | すえる) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	据える
	is pronounced
	sueru \| すえる
	means
	to set (table), to lay (foundation), to place (gun), to apply (moxa)

	Examples:
	少しは腰を据えてやれ。 sukoshi wa koshi o sue te yare. Settle down for a while and concentrate.
	彼はその仕事に腰を据えている。 kare wa sono shigoto ni koshi o sue te iru. He has settled down to the job.
	彼女の横柄な態度は腹に据えかねた。 kanojo no ōhei na taido wa hara ni sue kane ta. I couldn't put up with her arrogant behavior.
	彼は度胸を据えて外人に話し掛けた。 kare wa dokyō o sue te gaijin ni hanashikake ta. He mustered up his courage to talk to a foreigner.
	彼は腰を据えて仕事に取り掛かった。 kare wa koshi o sue te shigoto ni torikakatta. He settled down to his work.
	バス料金は２年間据えおかれてきた。 basu ryōkin wa ni nenkan sue oka re te ki ta. Bus rates have stayed the same for two years.
	彼を議長に据えることに誰も異議を唱えなかった。 kare o gichō ni sueru koto ni dare mo igi o tonae nakatta. Nobody argued against choosing him as chairman.
	中央には机が据えられていて、赤い革張りの回転椅子がそえてあった。 chūō ni wa tsukue ga sue rare te i te, akai kawa bari no kaiten isu ga soe te atta. A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel-chair.
	わたしは近眼のせいもありましょうが、机は明るいところに据えなければ、読むことも書くことも出来ません。 watashi wa kingan no sei mo ari masho u ga, tsukue wa akarui tokoro ni sue nakere ba, yomu koto mo kaku koto mo deki masen. It might be because I am near-sighted, but I can't read or write if my desk is not in a brightly lit place.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org