オキ
Meanings
Noun
1. open sea
2. Okinawa
Pitch accent
オ
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
of the ocean; in the open sea; oceanic
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
offshore fishing
longshoreman; stevedore
small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt; seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid)
offshore earthquake
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
offshore wave; deep water wave
warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
coming to Okinawa; visit to Okinawa
staying in Okinawa; resident in Okinawa; stationed in Okinawa
Okinawan pachinko parlor slot machine
Examples (6 in total)
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
A warm current runs off the coast of Shikoku.
The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.