Kanji
Readingおく
Frequency75%
Used in (87 in total)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to give a round of applause; to applaud
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
sender; consignor; remitter
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)
to write (to someone)
to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
to send each other
forwarding address
to applaud; to cheer (for)
frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance; film drive (camera)
invoice; consignment note; sender's copy; receipt of shipment
to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances
sacrifice bunt
pushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
dog apparition; fantastic dog-like creature
someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism
funeral; burial (service); funeral procession
sending off the spirits of the dead
to waft; to blow over
consignment
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
person who sees someone else off (e.g. at the airport)
sending or passing along
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending
funeral; burial (service); funeral procession
to send a message; to write to
stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss; okuriashi; forward or backward foot movement (kendo); moving in accordance with opponent's footwork (judo)
sending off the spirits of the dead
sender; remitter; consignor
pay it forward; paying it forward; repaying a good deed by doing good for others
being sent to prison
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
logical shift; logic shift
paper skip; paper throw; paper slew
rear lifting body slam
escapement point
rear leg trip
shift (of binary data)
rear throw down
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
perforations (e.g. in film)
last rain of the rainy season (often accompanied by thunderstorms)
end-around shift; cyclic shift