城

coming to a castle; visiting a castle

Shinto

family grave; ancestral grave; tomb

strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

ruined castle

defending soldier

silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee

floating fortress; warship

an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory

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

Organization name

Miyagi University of Education

feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986 animated film); Castle in the Sky

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)

entrance fee (for a castle); admission fee

Buddhism

castle magically created by the Buddha

Champa rice

woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale

feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

buying the services of a prostitute

Thunberg's lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii)

Organization name

Ibaraki Christian University

Organization name

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Organization name

Ibaraki Prefectural Library