Illustration: Far inside a densely forested Japanese mountain valley, a lone hiker reaches a tiny timber shelter beside a clear stream. A narrow footpath crosses a simple wooden bridge and disappears through steep wooded slopes; successive ridges enclose the shelter on every side.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

山やま奥おく

yamaoku

deep in the mountains

Example sentences

  1. トムは山奥やまおくにある人里離ひとざとはなれた村むらで育そだちました。

    Tom grew up in an isolated village deep in the mountains.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、山奥やまおくにある遊園地ゆうえんちで交通こうつうの便びんは悪わるく、業績ぎょうせきの悪化あっかによって1985年ねんに閉鎖へいさされた。

    However, declining business results due to poor availability of public transportation to the mountainous area in which it was located resulted in the park closing down in 1985.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. その途中とちゅう、「山奥やまおくの炭焼すみやきき小屋こやで一夜いちやを明あかした」と、『天童市史てんどうしし』に記しるされている。

    "The History of Tendo City" mentions that they 'spent a night in a charcoal burner’s lodge in the mountain' on their way.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 山奥

  • 山mountainOnサン・センKunやま
  • 奥interior; heartOnオウKunおく・おくまる・くま

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