castle (in place names); castle; fortress
royal castle; imperial castle
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
land near a castle; castle town
fortress; stronghold; citadel
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
castle town; fortified town
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
entry into a castle (esp. by a conquering force)
chamberlain; castle keeper
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
fortified city; walled city
castle site; ruins of a castle
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
head of a household; business owner; proudly independent person; feudal lord; daimyo
coming to a castle; visiting a castle
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
fine castle; famous castle
solitary castle; isolated castle
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
enemy castle; enemy fortress
withdrawing from a castle
imperial palace; capital; Keijō (Japanese colonial-era name for Seoul)
inner castle; main keep; innermost enclosure of a castle
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
outer castle; outer fortification (surrounding the main castle)
impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
floating fortress; warship
castle and moat; castle's moat; City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)
an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
company town; town whose economy is largely dependent on one company
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
Heijō Palace (imperial residence in Heijō-kyō)
feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
castle magically created by the Buddha
Champa (former kingdom(s) in central Vietnam)
Josai International University
City University of Hong Kong
entrance fee (for a castle); admission fee
capitulation without resistance; surrendering without fighting
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
Takeshi's Castle (Japanese game show, 1986-1989)