castle (in place names); castle; fortress
royal castle; imperial castle
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
land near a castle; castle town
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
fortress; stronghold; citadel
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
surrender (fall) of a castle
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
castle town; fortified town
chamberlain; castle keeper
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
castle site; ruins of a castle
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
castle site; ruins of a castle
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
fortified city; walled city
great wall (of China); long wall
(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)
fine castle; famous castle
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
enemy castle; enemy fortress
solitary castle; isolated castle
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
withdrawing from the castle
imperial palace; capital; metropolis; Keijō (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation)
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
coming to a castle; visiting a castle
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
floating fortress; warship
castle site; ruins of a castle
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
Heijō Palace; Imperial palace in ancient Nara
castle and moat; castle's moat; City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)
Champa (former kingdom(s) in central Vietnam)
castle magically created by the Buddha
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
castle site; ruins of a castle
Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee
buying the services of a prostitute
solitary castle; isolated castle
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay)
marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay)
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
Thunberg's lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza thunbergii)
Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)