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Search Terms: *奥*

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noun
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)

noun
postscript (to a book), verification, publication (in a book)
Other readings:
奥書き【おくがき】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

expression, adjective
profound, deep
Other readings:
奥がふかい【おくがふかい】

noun
inner parlor, inner parlour, salon, living room
See also:表座敷

おくこうこう
okusankoukou
noun
devotion to one's wife, doing things for one's wife
See also:孝行

noun
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
See also:本社

noun
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion(archaism)
See also:御殿女中,  奥女中

noun
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)(archaism)
See also:御殿女中

noun
family grave, ancestral grave, tomb(Shinto term)
See also:
Other readings:
奥つ城【おくつき】
奥都城【おくつき】

noun
colophon (at the end of a book), imprint, publication information
Other readings:
奥附【おくづけ】[1]
奥付け【おくづけ】[2]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. irregular okurigana usage

noun, no-adjective
1.
late-growing rice(esp. 晩稲)
2.
late-ripening crops, late-blooming flowers(esp. 晩生)
3.
late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late), late bloomer(esp. 奥手, 晩熟)
Other readings:
晩生【おくて】
晩稲【おくて】
晩熟【おくて】

noun
inner sanctuary, inner shrine, sanctum sanctorum, holy of holies, place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
奥之院【おくのいん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

おくつか
okunotewotsukau
expression, Godan-u verb
to play one's trump card(idiom )

expression, adjective
deep, profound, complicated, advanced, impenetrable
See also:奥深い

おくものはさ
okubanimonogahasamaru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to beat around the bush, to not speak frankly, to talk in a roundabout way(idiom )
Other readings:
奥歯にものが挟まる【おくばにものがはさまる】

noun
inner wall (e.g. cave), inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)

noun
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
See also:奥社

noun, no-adjective
1.
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)
2.
family matters, household affairs, personal business

noun
relocation of wild animals to a remote location(yojijukugo)

おく
okuyukashii
adjective
refined, graceful, modest, cultivated, elegant, reserved, restrained
Other readings:
奥床しい【おくゆかしい】

おくかく
okuyukichikaku
noun
depth perception
Other readings:
奥行知覚【おくゆきちかく】

noun
one's heart of hearts, the depths of one's mind

na-adjective, noun
esoteric doctrines, mysteries

noun
secret knowledge, interior of a temple

noun
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

noun, no-adjective
left back (corner, etc.), on the left and at the rear, left-hand side and at the back
See also:右奥

noun, no-adjective
rear right (corner, etc.), on the right and at the end, right-hand side and at the back
See also:左奥

noun
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)(after 1869 became りくおう)

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

noun
young wife, young married woman
Other readings:
若奥さま【わかおくさま】