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オク
Meanings
Noun
1. inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.)
2. living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room
3. recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart); behind (someone's words); mysteries (of an art)
4. wife (of a person of high status)
Alt. forms
奥おく
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奧おく
オク
Pitch accent
オ
ク
Used in: 34
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
deep in the forest
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Examples (3 in total)
He went to the back of the building.
He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.