おき
Meanings
Noun
1. open sea
2. Okinawa
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
longshoreman; stevedore
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt; seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid)
offshore earthquake
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
offing wave; deep water wave
warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
coming to Okinawa; visiting Okinawa
Examples (6 in total)
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
A warm current runs off the coast of Shikoku.
The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.