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    3. 牙城

    牙城

    牙が城じょう

    stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent)

    KMT10News #42+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab14 strokes

    がじょう

    Noun

    1.
    stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent), inner citadel, bastion

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    敵てきの牙じょ城うを攻せめ落おとすのは難むずかしい。

    It is difficult to capture the enemy's stronghold.

    KMT8Military
    そのチームは長なが年ねん、この分ぶん野やの牙が城じょうを守まもり続つづけている。

    That team has protected its stronghold in this field for many years.

    KMT10Business & FinanceSports & Martial Arts
    彼かれは、業ぎょう界かいの牙が城じょうを崩くずすべく、新あらたなビジネスモデルを提てい案あんした。

    He proposed a new business model to break down the industry's bastion.

    KMT10Business & FinanceWork & Career
    難なん攻こう不ふ落らくの牙が城じょうは、多おおくの兵へい士しの命いのちを奪うばった。

    The impregnable stronghold claimed the lives of many soldiers.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory
    この地ち域いきは、与よ党とうの牙が城じょうとして知しられている。

    This region is known as a stronghold of the ruling party.

    KMT10Politics & LawDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    牙
    きば・は…(2)
    tusk・fang・tusk radical (no. 92)
    城
    しろ…(13)
    castle
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