Kanji
Readingじょう
Frequency63%
Used in (76 in total)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
old castle; old fortress
royal castle; imperial castle
rampart; castle walls
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
land near a castle; castle town
fortress; stronghold; citadel
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
lord of a castle
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
mountain castle
castle of a feudal lord
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
attendance at a castle
castle town; fortified town
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
outside a castle
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
chamberlain; castle keeper
fortified mansion
capitulation (of fort)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
castle garrison
surrender (fall) of a castle
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
imperial palace
castle site; ruins of a castle
fortified city; walled city
abandoned castle
commander of a castle
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
return to a castle
great wall (of China); long wall
coming to a castle; visiting a castle
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
strong fortress
fine castle; famous castle
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
enemy castle; enemy fortress
withdrawing from the castle
imperial palace; capital; metropolis; Keijō (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation)
solitary castle; isolated castle
castle on the plains
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
watchtower of a castle
impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
defending soldier
castle town
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
ruined castle
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
floating fortress; warship
an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory
town; town walls
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
Heijō Palace; Imperial palace in ancient Nara
castle moat
castle and moat; castle's moat; City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)
Kaesong (North Korea)
Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
castle magically created by the Buddha
feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
Champa (former kingdom(s) in central Vietnam)
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)