- On
- おう
- Kun
- おく;おく.まる;くま
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・heart
・interior
Japanese dictionary
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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おくゆき
depth;length
おくさま
wife;your wife;his wife;married lady;madam
おくち
interior;backwoods;hinterland;back regions
おくやま
remote mountain;mountain recesses
おく
living quarters (at the back of a house);inner room
おく
recesses (of one's mind);bottom (of one's heart);behind (someone's words);mysteries (of an art)
おくそこ
depths;deep place
おくば
back tooth;molar
おくふかい
profound;deep
おくがた
lady;nobleman's wife
おくまって
secluded;innermost
おくまる
to lie deep in;to extend far back
おうぎ
secret techniques (of an art or skill);inner mysteries;essence;quintessence;heart
おくさん
wife;your wife;his wife;married lady;madam
おくのて
ace up one's sleeve;trump card;last resort
おくそこ
bottom (of one's heart)
おくふかい
deep (of a cave, etc.);innermost;interior
おくのて
secret skills;secret;mystery
おくのて
left hand
おくゆき
depth;length
おくいし
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
おくのほそみち
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
おくむき
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)
おくのま
inner room
おくがき
postscript (to a book);verification;publication (in a book)
おくのいん
inner sanctuary;inner shrine;sanctum sanctorum;holy of holies
おくへき
inner wall (e.g. cave);inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
おくづとめ
working as a lady's maid
おくのふかい
deep;profound;complicated;advanced;impenetrable
おくいん
official seal
おくさんこうこう
devotion to one's wife;doing things for one's wife
おうし
deep truth;deep knowledge
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
おくじょちゅう
maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
おうみょう
secret
おくつきどころ
graveyard;cemetery
おくみや
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
おくやまほうじゅう
relocation of wild animals to a remote location
おくゆかしい
refined;elegant;graceful;cultivated
おくつき
family grave;ancestral grave;tomb
おくむらぐみ
Okumura Corporation
おくて
late-growing rice
おくにわ
inner garden;back yard
おくがふかい
profound;deep
おくごてん
noble's private quarters
おくじょうろう
maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
おくい
true intention
おくざしき
inner parlor;inner parlour;salon;living room
おくぶたえ
hidden double eyelid