• 奥おく

  inner part, interior, back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave), heart, end (of a road, garden, etc.)

• 奥山おくやま

  remote mountain, mountain recesses

• 奥様おくさま

  wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam

• 奥地おくち

  interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions

• 山奥やまおく

  deep in the mountains, mountain recesses

• 奥行きおくゆき

  depth, length

• 奥さんおくさん

  wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam

• 奥妙おうみょう

  secret

• 奥印おくいん

  official seal

• 奥意おくい

  true intention

• 奥歯おくば

  back tooth, molar

• 奥旨おうし

  deep truth, deep knowledge

• 奥方おくがた

  lady, nobleman's wife

• 奥庭おくにわ

  inner garden, back yard

• 奥底おくそこ

  depths, deep place

• 奥書おくがき

  postscript (to a book), verification, publication (in a book)

• 奥羽おうう

  Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa), Tōhoku

• 奥伝おくでん

  (admission to the) secrets of a discipline, esoterics of a discipline

• 奥壁おくへき

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

• 奥付おくづけ

  colophon (at the end of a book), imprint, publication information

• 奥社おくしゃ

  rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

• 奥宮おくみや

  rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

• 奥義おうぎ

  secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence, heart

• 奥手おくて

  late-growing rice

• 深奥しんおう

  depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.), heart, inner mysteries

• 胸奥きょうおう

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

• 大奥おおおく

  inner palace (in Edo Castle), palace's ladies chambers, shogun's harem

• 内奥ないおう

  recesses (of one's mind, heart, etc.), depths, innermost parts

• 秘奥ひおう

  secrets, mysteries

• 堂奥どうおう

  secret knowledge, interior of a temple

• 蘊奥うんのう

  inner mysteries (of a field of study), secrets

• 中奥なかおく

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

• 最奥さいおう

  deep inside, innermost place

• 左奥ひだりおく

  left back (corner, etc.), on the left and at the rear, left-hand side and at the back

• 右奥みぎおく

  rear right (corner, etc.), on the right and at the end, right-hand side and at the back

• 陸奥むつ

  Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

• 陸奥りくおう

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

• 奥の間おくのま

  inner room

• 奥村組おくむらぐみ

  Okumura Corporation

• 奥深さおくふかさ

  depth, profundity

• 奥二重おくぶたえ

  hidden double eyelid

• 奥勤めおくづとめ

  working as a lady's maid

• 奥御殿おくごてん

  noble's private quarters

• 奥津城おくつき

  family grave, ancestral grave, tomb

• 奥まるおくまる

  to lie deep in, to extend far back

• 奥許しおくゆるし

  secret, initiation, diploma

• 奥座敷おくざしき

  inner parlor, inner parlour, salon, living room

• 奥深いおくふかい

  profound, deep

• 奥義書おうぎしょ

  esoteric writings, Upanishad (sacred Hindu treatises)

• 奥医師おくいし

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