奥

lady of the house

inner garden; back yard

Formal or literary term

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

Buddhism

inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

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

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

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

inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)

family matters; household affairs; personal business

young wife; young married woman

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

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

esoteric writings; Upanishad (sacred Hindu treatises)

noble's private quarters

hidden double eyelid

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

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

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

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

Shinto

family grave; ancestral grave; tomb

working as a lady's maid

secret knowledge; interior of a temple

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

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

inner mysteries (of a field of study); secrets