Oku - Oku

Japanese: 奥 - おく

[1] [noun] (possibly from the same origin as "oki" (offshore) and "okuru" (slow)) Refers to a place far from an entrance or front. [1] Temporally, something far from the present. Not used to mean the past. Future. Future. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 4.659 "If people had already started to talk like this, how could my back be?" [2] Spatially, a place deep inside from the front or entrance. ① Generally, a place deep inside. A place that is not visible on the front. ※Genji (c. 1001-14) Aoi "Finally, the carriages were driving by one after another, and I was pushed deep into the crowd and could not see anything." ② Especially inside a building, referring to a part far from the outside. (a) The inside of a house. A corner of a room, etc. In old houses, there are not many separate rooms, so it refers vaguely to the inside. ⇔ Edge. ※Tales of Ise (early 10th century), verse 6: "In a sparse storehouse, they shoved the woman in the back." (Ro) Inner room. A room inside a house, far from the outside. A place where family members, wives, and children are always present, as opposed to a front room, a store, etc. ※Tsurezuregusa (around 1331), verse 137: "Drinking and eating in the inner room." (Ha) Especially during the Edo period, in the mansions of high-ranking samurai families, such as the Shogun, feudal lords, and hatamoto, this was the place where the master slept, ate, and rested. While the front room was for the master's official duties, this was the place where the wife and maids lived, and where other men were not allowed to enter. In the case of the Shogun's family, it was also called Ooku. ※Haiku poems, Saikaku Oyakazu (1681), verse 13: "When I can't sleep, Murasame comes to my house. All the ladies-in-waiting are summoned from the inner room." (Ni) In a play, this refers to the dressing room as opposed to the stage. It can also refer to the entrance to the dressing room from the right side of the stage (the cowardly entrance) . *Kabuki, Tenmangu Natsume Goku (1777), 8: "The stage is escorted, and Shirotayu, Terukuni, and Koiso are taken to the back room, and they all enter the back room." ③ (derived from ②(ha)) The wife of a person of high status. Madam. Madam. At first, it was used only for high-ranking samurai, but later it became more general. *Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Ichidai Onna (1686), 1: "Looking at this state of affairs in the back room, I have never seen anything so vulgar in Kyoto, and even in the country there is no such thing." ④ At the end of something. Near the end. (i) After the main text of a book or letter. At the end. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo 15th year (743), April Kogo "Silla envoy changed name _{to Tsuchige} _. Inscription in the back of the book, there are _two items" ( _b ) The left side when a scroll is unfolded. ※Meigoki (1275), 6 "When the scroll is unfolded, the edges are placed on the right and the back is placed on the left" (c) When a Joruri piece is divided into several parts and performed by several people, this refers to the final part of the "end scene" that does not belong to a section, as opposed to the "kiri " which is the final section. ⑤ The left side. → Okunote (remote). [3] Abstractly, something profound. Refers to the inside, inner self, etc. ① Something that is secret. Something that is profound and unfathomable. Something that is profound. ※Haiku poem, Oku no Hosomichi (around 1693-94), Unganji Temple: "The mountains are deep, the valleys far away, the pines and cedars are black, covered with moss , and the sky in Uzuki is still cold."② Especially, deep in one's heart. Something one thinks deeply about. Something one hopes for secretly. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century), 3-376: "I am thinking of my sister with her dragonfly - winged sleeves, deep inside , please see her." [4] An abbreviation of "okute (shy)." (a) A metaphor for the slow growth of people. ※Rakugo, Miyatogawa (1890),〈Third generation Shunputei Yanagishi〉 "'It would be good to bring a woman along once in a while .〈abbreviated〉' 'That girl is a late bloomer. '" (b) The latest rice to be harvested. ※Shogaku Tokuhon (1874)〈Sakakibara, Naka, Inagaki〉3 "Although there are more than 300 varieties of rice, the names differ according to the early and late seasons of the rice, such as glutinous and non-glutinous. " [ 2 ] Meaning "deep in the mountains." [1] A general term for the area north of Shirakawa. Michinoku. Oshu. Mutsu. ※Ryōiki (810-824) 2 "The son-in-law told his father-in-law, 'I will join you in the mountains .' The father-in-law heard this and went on a boat to the mountains ." ※Haiku poem Sarumin (1691) 2 "The beginning of the elegant way of life, the song of rice planting in the mountains (Basho)" [2] The southern end of the Saikaido. Satsuma, Osumi, etc. ※Higaki Ojoshu (late 10th century): "I descended from the remote region. The remote region must be the region of Osumisatsuma."

Oku [deep]

A place name on the left bank of the Kiso River in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture. Formerly Oku Town, Nakajima County. A thriving textile town, it was the center of the Bisai textile industry.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙 (「沖」「遅る」などと同語源か) 入り口や表などから遠くはいった所をさしていう。[一] 時間的に、現在から遠い先のこと。過去の意には用いない。将来。行く末。※万葉（８Ｃ後）四・六五九「あらかじめ人言繁しかくしあらばしゑや吾が背子奥(おく)もいかにあらめ」[二] 空間的に、表・入り口から深くはいったほう。① 一般に、奥まった所。表には出ないところ。※源氏（1001‐14頃）葵「つひに御車ども立て続けつれば、人だまひのおくにおしやられて物も見えず」② 特に建物の内部で、外面から遠い部分をいう。(イ) 家屋の内部のほう。室のすみなど。中古の家屋などでは、独立した室があまりないので、内部を漠然とさす。⇔端(はし)。※伊勢物語（１０Ｃ前）六「あばらなる蔵に、女をばおくにおし入れて」(ロ) 奥の間。家屋の内部で、外面から遠い部屋。口、表、店などに対して、家人、妻子などがいつもいるところ。※徒然草（1331頃）一三七「おくなる屋にて酒飲み、物食ひ」(ハ) 特に江戸時代、高位の武家、すなわち将軍、大名、旗本などの屋敷で、主人の寝食、休憩の場所。表が主人の公務のための部屋であるのに対して、夫人および奥女中などが住み、他の男性が立ち入ることは許されない場所をさす。将軍家の場合、大奥ともいう。※俳諧・西鶴大矢数（1681）第一三「寝られぬ時の伽の村雨腰もと衆奥より召れさふらふぞ」(ニ) 芝居などで、舞台に対して楽屋をいう。また、舞台上手(かみて)から楽屋への出入り口（臆病口）をさすこともある。※歌舞伎・天満宮菜種御供（1777）八「ト送りになって、白太夫・輝国・小磯こなしあって、皆々引連れ奥へ入る」③ (②(ハ) から転じて) 身分が高い者の妻。奥方。奥様。はじめは高位の武家などに限って使ったが、のち、一般化してくる。※浮世草子・好色一代女（1686）一「此奥(オク)の姿を見るに京には目なれず、田舎にもあれ程ふつつかなるは又有まじ」④ 物の末尾。終わりに近いほう。(イ) 書物や手紙の本文のあと。末尾。※続日本紀‐天平一五年（743）四月甲午「新羅使調改称_二土毛_一。書奥注_二物数_一」(ロ) 巻き物をひろげたときの左のほう。※名語記（1275）六「巻文をひろぐるには、はしをばみぎとなづけ、おくをばひだりにたてたり」(ハ) 浄瑠璃を分けて数人で語るとき、段の最終である「切り」に対して、段にはいらない「端場(はば)」の最終の部分をさしていう。⑤ 左の方。→奥手(おくのて)。[三] 抽象的に、奥深いこと。内部、内面などをさしていう。① 内密なこと。事が深遠で測りがたいこと。奥深いこと。※俳諧・奥の細道（1693‐94頃）雲岸寺「山はおくあるけしきにて、谷道遙に、松杉黒く、苔(こけ)しただりて、卯月の天、今猶寒し」② 特に、心の底。深く考えていること。ひそかに期するところ。※万葉（８Ｃ後）三・三七六「蜻蛉羽(あきづは)の袖ふる妹を玉くしげ奥(おく)に思ふを見たまへ吾(あ)が君」[四] 「おくて（奥手）」の略。(イ) 人間の成長の遅いことのたとえ。※落語・宮戸川（1890）〈三代目春風亭柳枝〉「『偶(たま)には女の一人も引っ張って来るが宜(い)いんだ。〈略〉』『あの子は晩(オク)だよ』」(ロ) 収穫期の最もおそい稲。※小学読本（1874）〈榊原・那珂・稲垣〉三「稲の種類、三百余品に至るといへども、糯(もち)と粳(うるし)との早(わせ)、中(なか)晩(オク)に由て、名を異にせるなり」[2] 「みちのおく」の意。[一] 白河以北の地の総称。みちのく。奥州。陸奥。※霊異記（810‐824）下「聟、舅に語りて曰はく『奥に共せ将(む)とす』といふ。舅聞きて往き、船に乗りて奥に度(わた)る」※俳諧・猿蓑（1691）二「風流のはじめや奥の田植うた〈芭蕉〉」[二] 西海道の南の果て。薩摩、大隅など。※檜垣嫗集（１０Ｃ後か）「おくのくににぞくだりにけるおくといふは大すみさつまのところなるべし」