Illustration: From a low hillside, a busy town spreads below a Japanese castle's stone walls and timber keep. A street leads from the outer gate through rows of tiled merchant houses, branching toward workshops, homes and a canal landing.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

城じょう下か

jouka

castle town

Often seen in 城下町. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ほどなく城下じょうかの一乗院いちじょういんに入はいり、出家しゅっけした。

    Soon he entered Ichijo-in Temple in the castle town and became a priest.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 平時へいじには江戸えど城下じょうかおよび要地ようちの警護けいごを担当たんとうする。

    In peacetime, oban guarded Edo Castle town and other important places.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 萩はぎ城下じょうかの松本川まつもとがわを行いき来きする船ふねを船頭せんどうごと転覆てんぷくさせた。

    He liked to capsize boats together with boatmen coming and going along the Matsumoto River in the castle town of Hagi.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 城下

  • 城castleOnジョウ・セイKunしろ
  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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