おき
Meanings
Noun
1. open sea
Other spellings
沖
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
おき
Used in vocabulary
沖漬け
small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt; seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid)
Noun
東北地方太平洋沖地震
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
Noun
沖言葉
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
Noun
三陸沖地震
Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
Noun
Examples7
その
The island lies a mile off the coast.
海岸
I saw a fishing boat about a mile off the shore.
暖流
A warm current runs off the coast of Shikoku.
彼
He was carried by the waves away from the shore and out to sea.
その
The island is about two miles off the coast.
その
The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.