stem or continuative form of おく (oku) [godan]

abandoning someone or something and going away

a cry; crying

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

July

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

personal, private / secret

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law