山やま奥おく

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Meanings

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Refers to a remote, secluded area far inside the mountains, often with a sense of isolation or inaccessibility.

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The village is deep in the mountains, so it gets cut off by snow in winter.

山やま奥おくの温おん泉せんに一いっ泊ぱくした。

I stayed overnight at a hot spring deep in the mountains.

山やま奥おくに住すむto live deep in the mountains
祖そ父ふは山やま奥おくに一人ひとりで住すんでいる。
My grandfather lives alone deep in the mountains.
山やま奥おくで暮くらすto spend one's life deep in the mountains
彼かの女じょは都と会かいを離はなれ、山やま奥おくで暮くらすことを選えらんだ。
She left the city and chose to live deep in the mountains.
山やま奥おくの温おん泉せんa hot spring hidden deep in the mountains
山やま奥おくの温おん泉せんで静しずかに過すごした。
I spent a quiet time at a hot spring deep in the mountains.

山さん中ちゅう
山中 simply means 'in/within the mountains' without implying remoteness, whereas 山奥 stresses being deep inside and hard to reach.
深しん山ざん
深山 is a more literary word for deep mountains, often used in poetry or classical contexts, while 山奥 is the everyday word for a remote mountain area.
奥おく地ち
奥地 refers to any remote inland region (not necessarily mountainous), while 山奥 specifically means deep inside the mountains.
深み山やま
山奥 is the common, everyday word for 'deep in the mountains', while 深山 is a poetic, literary term evoking seclusion and natural beauty.

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山やま陰かげ
山奥 emphasizes being deep and remote in the mountains, whereas 山陰 focuses on the shaded, sheltered nature of a spot near a mountain.
奥おく山やま
山奥 is the common modern way to say 'deep in the mountains', while 奥山 has a slightly older, more literary feel and is often used of a specific inner mountain area.

山さん頂ちょうN1
山頂 means the summit or top of a mountain, whereas 山奥 means a secluded spot deep inside the mountains, not necessarily near the top.

Compound of 山 (yama, 'mountain') and 奥 (oku, 'interior, depths'). The reading やまおく is a straightforward kun'yomi combination.