A raised wooden tower, often part of a castle or fortification, used for observation or defense.
high wooden stage; scaffolding
A temporary raised wooden platform used for festivals, performances, or construction.
yagura; fortress (shogi)
In shogi, a defensive formation where the king is protected inside a castle-like structure of pieces.
weapons storehouse
Archaic term for a building where weapons were stored; rarely used in modern Japanese.
They watched the enemy's movements from the castle turret.
A high wooden stage was set up in the square for the festival.
The wooden frame of the kotatsu got old, so I bought a new one.
The Yagura castle is one of the representative strategies in shogi.
In old documents, there are examples where the castle armory is written as 櫓.
observation tower; scout tower
sumo drum; drum announcing bouts
inner thigh throw
watchtower; observation tower; lookout
fire lookout tower; watchtower
Standard kanji for turret, watchtower, and related structures. High-frequency news term.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the kanji is not needed.
Alternate kanji, especially common in historical contexts and for shogi fortress.
Originally referred to a raised wooden structure for storage or defense. The kanji 櫓 is a phono-semantic compound with 木 (wood) and 魯 (foolish), but the semantic connection is unclear; likely a borrowing or adaptation.