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Kanji Detail for 奥 - "interior, inner part, deep, heart, wife"

  • Meaning

    奥 means "interior, inner part, deep, heart, wife."

    1. A deep and secluded place, or something of the sort. This could include a corner of a room in the southwest, a place to worship gods, or a room in the back of a house.

    2. A bend or curve, such as in a river.

    3. Warm or cozy.

    4. A wife, especially of someone of high status.

    5. An abbreviation of the word 陸奥(mutsu or michinoku).

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  • Radicaltip

Sentences including

  • You will make a good wife.

  • I borrowed money not only from tom but from his wife too.

  • He is twice as heavy as his wife.

  • I think his wife is going out of town.

  • He wanted to be woken up early by his wife.

  • He is always speaking ill of his wife.

  • That woman will be his wife.

  • Please say hello to your wife.

  • How is the wife?

  • He owes much of his success to his wife.

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