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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Top 700
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
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 forest
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to lie deep in; to extend far back
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
depth; length
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
inner garden; back yard
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
remote mountain; mountain recesses
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
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
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
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
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
secret; initiation; diploma
profound; deep
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
secluded; innermost
true intention
depth; profundity
official seal
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 (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.