ジョウ – Vocabulary details

ジョウ

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

ジョ

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

main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle

impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)

二条じょうジョウを見みるのはどうだろう。

How about taking in the Nijo Castle?

じょうジョウ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ジョウを見みに行いった。

I went to see Osaka Castle at the weekend.

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