堅けん塁るいけんるいじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounstronghold; fortified positionRefers to a heavily defended place, often used in military or strategic contexts. Can also be used figuratively for a firmly held position or bastion.敵てき軍ぐんは山やまの上うえの堅けん塁るいに立たてこもった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe enemy forces holed up in a stronghold on the mountain.その地ち域いきは保ほ守しゅ派はの堅けん塁るいとして知しられている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe region is known as a stronghold of the conservatives.