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)
Pitch accent
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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
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
remote mountain; mountain recesses
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
deep inside; innermost place
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
lady; nobleman's wife
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
inner heart
depth; length
inner garden; back yard
inner room
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
rear right (corner, etc.); on the right and at the end; right-hand side and at the back
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
(admission to the) secrets of a discipline; esoterics of a discipline
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
noble's private quarters
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
secret; initiation; diploma
secluded; innermost
true intention
official seal
depth; profundity
maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
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.