奥おく
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.)
So I just need to go further in, right?
2. living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room
Shall we talk in the back room?
3. recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart); behind (someone's words); mysteries (of an art)
Those words still remain deep in my heart.
4. wife (of a person of high status)
Kanji used
deep inside
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
Examples (51 in total)
The back of my nose hurts.
So I just need to go further in, right?
But maybe I'll go a little further in.
Beyond the gate was a plaza.
I want to reach even deeper, to the very depths.
Shall we talk in the back room?
The manager was lying out cold in the back of the shop.
It is such that one cannot see through to the back from the outside.
He went to the back of the building.
The man bursts into the back room.
Looking further in, the passage continues straight on.
Then, I saw a small lump in the back.
The new school building is in the foreground, and the old school building is in the background.
The other side of the door leading further in is probably the bedroom.
As I looked around with sparkling eyes, I was called out to from the back of the shop.
The group was seated in the back of the restaurant.
The eyes behind the glasses were emitting a strange light.
It is located deep in an alley within Nagoya City.
Dr. Tanaka's lab is further in, this way.
His eyes were smiling behind his glasses.
I follow the path, heading for the depths of the cave.
Just then, fortunately, Mother came out from the back.
Those words still remain deep in my heart.
I think it's a bit quieter in there.
Flames of anger were burning deep in his eyes.
He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.
I feel strength being restored from deep within my body.
The room I was led to was one located at the back of the second floor.
Those words ignite a fire deep within my chest.
Deep inside the dwelling, there is also a small warehouse.
I understood the real feelings behind his words.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.
While walking toward the back room, I observe my surroundings.
It was a smile that somehow warmed me deep in my heart.
From the back, a woman with long blonde hair came down.
I hurried to the back of the courtyard, clutching my bento box to my chest.
Sakura reaches her hand into the back of the shelf and takes out a plate, saying "Heigh-ho."
There was only something that looked like an altar in the back of the room.
When I went down to the shop on the first floor, the light in the kitchen at the back was on.
I had shut myself away in the back room, which received no sunlight, and was listless.
But the smell clung to the back of my nose and would not go away.
When I took off my shoes and went inside, there was a bed in the back of the room.
Isn't a flame of justice burning hot deep in your heart?
Only four people were in the finest room at the back of the second floor.
I steeled my resolve, ran toward the door at the back, and jumped inside.
I went straight to the restroom and went into the stall at the very end.
At the very back of the tent is a space curtained off on all four sides.
Deep in the large garden, there's apparently even a stream and a pond, albeit on a small scale.
And after thinking for a little while, he withdrew to the back and came out again.
Saying so in a teasing manner, the woman opened the door leading to the back room.
If there is anything else you want to ask, why don't you use the inner room?