奥

Meaning

奥 centers on the deep, inner part of something: the heart or interior of a place, idea, or feeling. It points to what is not on the surface.

• 奥おく
  N3

  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.)

• 奥さんおくさん
  N5

  wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

• 奥様おくさま
  N2

  wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

• 奥深いおくふかい

  profound; deep

• 奥義おうぎ

  secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

• 陸奥むつ

  Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

• 陸奥りくおう

  Rikuō (former province located in parts of present-day Aomori and Iwate prefectures)

• 大奥おおおく

  inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

• 山奥やまおく

  deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

• 奥底おくそこ

  depths; deep place

• 奥行きおくゆき
  N1

  depth; length

• 奥歯おくば

  back tooth; molar

• 奥山おくやま

  remote mountain; mountain recesses

• 奥地おくち

  interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions

• 奥手おくて

  late-growing rice

• 奥方おくがた

  lady; nobleman's wife

• 奥ゆかしいおくゆかしい

  refined; elegant; graceful; cultivated

• 奥の手おくのて

  ace up one's sleeve; trump card; last resort

• 奥羽おうう

  Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

• 最奥さいおう

  deep inside; innermost place

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