沖

Meaning

沖 centers on open water away from shore: the offing or open sea. The sense of rising high into the sky extends this idea of being far out and elevated.

• 沖縄おきなわ
  N5

  Okinawa (city, prefecture)

• 沖おき
  N3

  open sea

• 沖合おきあい

  off the coast; offshore; out at sea

• 沖アミおきアミ

  krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

• 沖縄電力おきなわでんりょく

  Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.; OEPC

• スマトラ沖地震スマトラおきじしん

  Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

• マリアナ沖海戦マリアナおきかいせん

  Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)

• マレー沖海戦マレーおきかいせん

  Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)

• レイテ沖海戦レイテおきかいせん

  Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)

• 三陸沖地震さんりくおきじしん

  Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake

• 在沖ざいちゅう

  staying in Okinawa; resident in Okinawa; stationed in Okinawa

• 在沖米軍ざいちゅうべいぐん

  US troops stationed in Okinawa

• 来沖らいおき

  coming to Okinawa; visit to Okinawa

• 東北地方太平洋沖地震とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん

  Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake

• 沖するちゅうする

  to rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky

• 沖つおきつ

  of the ocean; in the open sea; oceanic

• 沖スロおきスロ

  Okinawan pachinko parlor slot machine

• 沖仲仕おきなかし

  longshoreman; stevedore

• 沖合底引き網漁業おきあいそこびきあみぎょぎょう

  offshore trawl fishery

• 沖合漁業おきあいぎょぎょう

  offshore fishing industry

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