Kanji
Readingおく
Frequency92%
Used in (60 in total)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
molars; back teeth
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
lady; nobleman's wife
deep in the forest
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
innermost depths of one's heart
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to lie deep in; to extend far back
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
depth; length
inner garden; back yard
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
remote mountain; mountain recesses
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
lady of the house
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
to play one's trump card
rear right (corner, etc.); on the right and at the end; right-hand side and at the back
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
noble's private quarters
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
young wife; young married woman
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
hidden double eyelid
working as a lady's maid
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
inner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
secret; initiation; diploma
devotion to one's wife; doing things for one's wife
secluded; innermost
true intention
relocation of wild animals to a remote location
depth; profundity
official seal
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion
graveyard; cemetery