をか

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of をか – see the following entry.
【おか】
[interjection] (Internet slang) short for おかえり (okaeri): welcome back, welcome home
Alternative spellings
陸, 岡
(This term, をか (oka), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
【おか】
[noun] hill
[proper noun] a surname
[noun] [from 1310] land, ground (as opposed to the sea or other bodies of water)
[noun] [from 1708] the bathing area next to an お風呂 (ofuro, “traditional Japanese soaking tub”), often raised relative to the tub basin
[noun] [from 1873] the raised portion of a 硯 (suzuri, “inkstone”) where one grinds the stick of India ink (as opposed to the 池 (ike, literally “pond”) or 海 (umi, literally “sea”), the small depressed basin area where one pours in the water)
Alternative spellings
丘, 岡, 陸
(This term, をか (woka), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as をか, see Category:Japanese kanji read as をか.)
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