Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #469)

奧さんは急に薄赤い顏をした。

translation

Okusan suddenly blushed.

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: inner part (おく), interior, back (of a drawer, one’s throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave) : sudden (きゅう), abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing : face (かお), face (がん), visage, visage, look

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