城（しろ）
JLPT N3 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: castle
Example sentences
- 観光で有名な城を見に行く。 — I'm going sightseeing to see a famous castle.
- この城は四百年前に建てられた。 — This castle was built four hundred years ago.
Idioms & proverbs containing “城”
- 口では大坂の城も建つ (くちではおおさかのしろもたつ) — talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking
- 金城鉄壁 (きんじょうてっぺき) — impregnable castle (walls)
- 金城湯池 (きんじょうとうち) — an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory
- 傾国傾城 (けいこくけいせい) — woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
- 傾城傾国 (けいせいけいこく) — woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
- 孤城落日 (こじょうらくじつ) — feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “城” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)