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    3. 居城

    居城

    居きょ城じょう

    castle of a feudal lord

    KMT10News #45+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    きょじょう

    Noun

    1.
    castle of a feudal lord

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    その武ぶ将しょうの居きょ城じょうは山やまの上うえにあった。

    That warlord's castle was on top of a mountain.

    KMT10HistoryWeather & Geography
    織お田だ信のぶ長ながの居きょ城じょうは安あ土づち城じょうとして知しられている。

    Oda Nobunaga's castle is known as Azuchi Castle.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの居きょ城じょうは、防ぼう御ぎょのために様さま々ざまな工く夫ふうが凝こらされていた。

    Castles of the Sengoku period incorporated various ingenious designs for defense.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    多おおくの居きょ城じょうは、現げん在ざいでは観かん光こう地ちとして人にん気きを集あつめている。

    Many feudal lords' castles are now popular tourist destinations.

    KMT10HistoryTravel & Transportation
    居きょ城じょうの跡あと地ちには、当とう時じの歴れき史しを伝つたえる資し料りょう館かんが建たてられている。

    At the site of the former castle, a museum has been built to convey the history of that time.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
    城
    しろ…(13)
    castle
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