おく
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。
Kanji used
deep inside
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
lady; nobleman's wife
deep in the forest
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
① 奥のほうになる。奥に位置している。
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
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
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
① 人里離れた山の中。深山。
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
① 上品で、他人を惹きつける深い気づかいが感じられる。
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
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
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
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
① 上品で、他人を惹きつける深い気づかいが感じられる。
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
secret; initiation; diploma
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
profound; deep
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
secluded; innermost
true intention
depth; profundity
official seal
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.