Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: S
ふか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
奧深い (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: S
ふか > ぶか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
奧深い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝka̠i]

Adjective edit

(おく)(ふか) or (おく)(ぶか) (okufukai or okubukai-i (adverbial (おく)(ふか) (okufukaku))

  1. physically deep or profound
    奥深(おくぶか)海底(かいてい)
    okubukai kaitei
    the deep seafloor
    洞窟(どうくつ)奥深(おくぶか)探検(たんけん)する
    dōkutsu no okubukaku o tanken suru
    explore the depths of a cave
  2. deep or profound in meaning or difficult for an outsider to understand
    奥深(おくぶか)()本茶(ほんちゃ)()(かい)
    okubukai nihoncha no sekai
    the deep world of Japanese tea

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN