じょう – Vocabulary details

じょう

Suffix

1. castle (in place names)

週しゅう末まつに大おお阪さか城じょうを見みに行いった。I went to see Osaka Castle at the weekend.

Noun

Rare

2. castle; fortress

じょ

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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

lord of a castle

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

二条じょうを見みるのはどうだろう。

How about taking in the Nijo Castle?

じょう中ちゅうが静しずまり返かえっていた。

All was silent throughout the castle.

週しゅう末まつに大おお阪さかじょうを見みに行いった。

I went to see Osaka Castle at the weekend.

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