奥おく山やま

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Meanings

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Refers to mountains deep in the interior, far from human habitation, or the secluded inner parts of a mountain range.

The autumn leaves in the remote mountains are already at their best.

彼かれは奥おく山やまに分わけ入いって珍めずらしい植しょく物ぶつを探さがした。

He ventured deep into the mountain recesses to look for rare plants.

〈場ば所しょ〉の奥おく山やまに入はいるto go deep into the remote mountains (of a place)
猟りょう師しは毎まい朝あさ、山やまの奥おく山やまに入はいって獣けものを追おう。
Every morning the hunter goes deep into the mountains to track animals.
奥おく山やまに暮くらすto live deep in the remote mountains
彼かれは都と会かいを離はなれ、奥おく山やまに暮くらすことを選えらんだ。
He left the city and chose to live deep in the remote mountains.

深しん山ざん
深山 and 奥山 both mean deep, remote mountains, but 深山 is more literary and poetic while 奥山 is the everyday, plainer word.
山やま奥おく
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.

里さと山やま
里山 is woodland managed near villages, while 奥山 refers to deep, remote mountains far from human habitation.

奥おく山やまUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for 'remote mountain' or 'mountain recesses'.
オクヤマUsage2%

Compound of 奥 (oku, 'inner part') and 山 (yama, 'mountain'). The reading おくやま is a straightforward kun'yomi combination.