オク
Meanings
Noun
1. 中へ深く入った所。
2. 入り口から遠い所。
3. 建物の表口から遠い所。日々、生活している所。
4. 特に江戸時代、将軍や大名や旗本などの屋敷で、主人の日常生活の場所。夫人や奥女中などが住む。将軍家の場合は大奥ともいう。
5. 表面に表れない部分。容易にはうかがい知れない部分。
6. 主として身分の高い人が自分の妻をいう語。また、身分の高い人の妻に対する敬称。奥様。
7. 文書や手紙などの終わりの部分。
8. 将来。行く末。遠い先。
9. 都から遠い所。特に、奥州。みちのおく。
10. 姓氏の一つ。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
deep in the forest
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
① 人里離れた山の中。深山。
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
lady; nobleman's wife
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
inner heart
① 家屋・土地・部屋などの入口から奥までの距離。間口。② 知識・思慮・人柄などの奥深さ。深み。
inner garden; back yard
inner room
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
esoteric
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
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
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
secret; initiation; diploma
secluded; innermost
true intention
official seal
depth; profundity
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion
Examples (3 in total)
He went to the back of the building.
He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.