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61 word matches found for '城' using reading 'じょう'
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Most common form: 城廓
noun
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
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Most common form: 籠城
1. holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
2. confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
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noun
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
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noun
lord of a castle
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
inside a castle
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noun
old castle; old fortress
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noun
1. land near a castle
2. castle town  (see also: 城下町)
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noun
impregnable castle
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rampart; castle walls
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noun
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)  (see also: 皇居; obsolete term)
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noun
castle of a daimyo; castle of feudal lord
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capitulation (of fort)
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noun
mountain castle  (see also: 平城)
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noun
castle town
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noun
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
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noun
castle on the plains  (see also: 山城)
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noun
ruined castle
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entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
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noun
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
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surrender (fall) of a castle
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noun
chamberlain; castle keeper
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noun
castle town; fortified town
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noun
fine castle; famous castle
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Most common form: 城砦
noun
fortress; stronghold; citadel
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noun
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
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suffix
castle (in place names)
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outside a castle
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noun
1. (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance)  (yojijukugo)
2. establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
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noun
great wall (of China); long wall
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noun
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
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