castle (in place names);  castle;  fortress
 royal castle;  imperial castle
 inside of a castle;  area surrounded by castle walls
 land near a castle;  castle town
 castle town;  city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
 holding a castle (during a siege);  holing up;  confinement (to one's home);  staying at home;  staying indoors
 fortress;  stronghold;  citadel
 stronghold;  citadel;  headquarters
 entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
 Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
 fortress;  stronghold;  citadel
 Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
 Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
 fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
 stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent);  inner citadel;  bastion
 castle construction;  building a castle;  fortification
 surrender (fall) of a castle
 Palace of the Dragon King;  palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
 fortress;  castle;  citadel;  enclosure;  castle walls
 impregnable castle;  inner castle citadel;  golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
 castle town;  fortified town
 chamberlain;  castle keeper
 holding a castle (during a siege);  holing up;  confinement (to one's home);  staying at home;  staying indoors
 castle site;  ruins of a castle
 nightless gay quarters;  nightless city
 feudal lord;  head of a household;  proudly independent person
 castle site;  ruins of a castle
 beauty;  siren;  courtesan;  prostitute
 great wall (of China);  long wall
 fortified city;  walled city
 (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)
 fine castle;  famous castle
 fortress;  castle;  citadel;  enclosure;  castle walls
 enemy castle;  enemy fortress
 Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
 solitary castle;  isolated castle
 withdrawing from the castle
 imperial palace;  capital;  metropolis;  Keijō (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation)
 Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
 Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
 impregnable castle (walls);  impregnable;  invulnerable;  unassailable
 Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
 coming to a castle;  visiting a castle
 family grave;  ancestral grave;  tomb
 strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
 silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye);  Yūki pongee
 capitulation;  surrender;  treaty signed under coercion
 floating fortress;  warship
 castle site;  ruins of a castle
 castle and moat;  castle's moat;  City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)
 holding a castle (during a siege);  holing up;  confinement (to one's home);  staying at home;  staying indoors
 an impregnable fortress;  an unassailable territory
 Palace of the Dragon King;  palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
 castle on a hill in the plains;  flatland-mountain castle
 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty;  femme fatale
 feeling (looking) lone and helpless;  helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
 Heijō Palace;  Imperial palace in ancient Nara
 Champa (former kingdom(s) in central Vietnam)
 silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye);  Yūki pongee
 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty;  femme fatale
 buying the services of a prostitute
 feeling apprehensive;  feeling (looking) lone and helpless;  being down-and-out (ruined);  helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
 Yamato (province);  Japan;  the art of classical Japanese poetry
 castle magically created by the Buddha
 Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
 castle site;  ruins of a castle
 solitary castle;  isolated castle
 family grave;  ancestral grave;  tomb
 family grave;  ancestral grave;  tomb
 capitulation;  surrender;  treaty signed under coercion
 talk is cheap;  it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
 talk is cheap;  it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
 small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
 small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
 small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
 small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
 small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat
 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty;  femme fatale
 marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay)
 marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay)
 Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
 Thunberg's lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza thunbergii)
 Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)