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Dictionary: “奥”

奥

おく

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.)

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Kun/On information

奥
On
おう
Kun
おく;おく.まる;くま
Stroke count
12

・heart

・interior

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Related words to 奥

49 related words

奥行き

おくゆき

→

depth;length

奥様

おくさま

→

wife;your wife;his wife;married lady;madam

奥地

おくち

→

interior;backwoods;hinterland;back regions

奥山

おくやま

→

remote mountain;mountain recesses

奥

おく

→

living quarters (at the back of a house);inner room

奥

おく

→

recesses (of one's mind);bottom (of one's heart);behind (someone's words);mysteries (of an art)

奥底

おくそこ

→

depths;deep place

奥歯

おくば

→

back tooth;molar

奥深い

おくふかい

→

profound;deep

奥方

おくがた

→

lady;nobleman's wife

奥まって

おくまって

→

secluded;innermost

奥まる

おくまる

→

to lie deep in;to extend far back

奥義

おうぎ

→

secret techniques (of an art or skill);inner mysteries;essence;quintessence;heart

奥さん

おくさん

→

wife;your wife;his wife;married lady;madam

奥の手

おくのて

→

ace up one's sleeve;trump card;last resort

奥底

おくそこ

→

bottom (of one's heart)

奥深い

おくふかい

→

deep (of a cave, etc.);innermost;interior

奥の手

おくのて

→

secret skills;secret;mystery

奥の手

おくのて

→

left hand

奥行

おくゆき

→

depth;length

奥医師

おくいし

→

court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)

奥の細道

おくのほそみち

→

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)

奥向き

おくむき

→

inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)

奥の間

おくのま

→

inner room

奥書

おくがき

→

postscript (to a book);verification;publication (in a book)

奥の院

おくのいん

→

inner sanctuary;inner shrine;sanctum sanctorum;holy of holies

奥壁

おくへき

→

inner wall (e.g. cave);inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)

奥勤め

おくづとめ

→

working as a lady's maid

奥の深い

おくのふかい

→

deep;profound;complicated;advanced;impenetrable

奥印

おくいん

→

official seal

奥さん孝行

おくさんこうこう

→

devotion to one's wife;doing things for one's wife

奥旨

おうし

→

deep truth;deep knowledge

奥歯に物が挟まる

おくばにものがはさまる

→

to beat around the bush;to not speak frankly;to talk in a roundabout way

奥女中

おくじょちゅう

→

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

奥妙

おうみょう

→

secret

奥つ城所

おくつきどころ

→

graveyard;cemetery

奥宮

おくみや

→

rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

奥山放獣

おくやまほうじゅう

→

relocation of wild animals to a remote location

奥ゆかしい

おくゆかしい

→

refined;elegant;graceful;cultivated

奥津城

おくつき

→

family grave;ancestral grave;tomb

奥村組

おくむらぐみ

→

Okumura Corporation

奥手

おくて

→

late-growing rice

奥庭

おくにわ

→

inner garden;back yard

奥が深い

おくがふかい

→

profound;deep

奥御殿

おくごてん

→

noble's private quarters

奥上臈

おくじょうろう

→

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

奥意

おくい

→

true intention

奥座敷

おくざしき

→

inner parlor;inner parlour;salon;living room

奥二重

おくぶたえ

→

hidden double eyelid