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The standard english dictionary translation of 奥 is "interior" or "inner
part". Being literal minded, I have had a hard time getting my head around its
usage in a game I am playing.

> **館の手前にある壁か教会{きょうかい｝の奥の壁か、** どちらが追加されたのかはまだ確かじゃないけど…

As context, there are two buildings on opposite sides of the map, the mansion
being on the west and the church on the east. There is a boundary wall
furthest west (further than the mansion) and another furthest east (further
than the church). The 「奥の壁」is not referring to the walls of the church (which
is what I would expect), but the boundary wall slightly east.

I checked Kotobank and I think I got the gist, but I am not skilled enough to
understand or translate the definition accurately:

> 入り口・ **表から中のほうへ深く入った所。**

So, my vague understanding is that 奥 here actually refers to an entrance that
leads to a wider open area, in this case the outside, rather than the interior
(of the church, which is smaller)?
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Ambiguous use of 奥？
If the viewpoint of the speaker is between the mansion and the church, 教会の奥の壁
can mean "the wall **behind** the church", and 館の手前の壁 can mean "the wall **in
front of** the church" or "the wall between the mansion and me".

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    ←West [館] [館の手前の壁]   [speaker]   [教会] [教会の奥の壁] East→
    
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This happens because this 奥 means "the further place (in relation to the
church)". The wall doesn't have to belong to the church itself. If the speaker
thinks the church is somehow hiding the wall from the speaker's viewpoint,
that's enough.

Please see this related question, too: [What is the difference between 前にある vs
手前にある?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/39075/5010)
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