Kanji Details

奥

Readings

Radical: 大 ( だい・おおきい ), big, very

あお向(む)けに寝(ね)ると、舌(した)やノドチンコがノドの奥(おく)に下(さ)がるため、上気(じょうき)道(どう)が塞(ふさ)がりやすくなります。: If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
彼(かれ)は奥(おく)さんが妊娠(にんしん)したといわれてびっくりした。: He was caught off guard when his wife announced they were going to have a baby.
その話(はなし)は、ある日曜日(にちようび)の午後(ごご)も遅(おそ)くなった頃(ころ)、奥深(おくふか)い森(もり)の中(なか)で始(はじ)まったんだ。: It began late one Sunday afternoon, deep in the woods.