質問: what 高橋さん thought 気が置けない means and what actually [気を使わなくてもいい、親しく付き合える人]. it means ? what 高橋さん thought 気が置けない means and what actually [気を使わなくてもいい、親しく付き合える人]. it means ?
回答: @shahan20 置く itself means, as you might know, "to put". so, in my opinion, to him it might have sounded "restful" and he thought 気が置けない as not restful with. as i said, many japanese misunderstand this word.