山やま城じろ

also: さんじょう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

mountain castle

A castle built on a mountain, utilizing natural terrain for defense. Contrasts with 平城 (ひらじろ), a castle built on flat land.

See also: 平城

戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには多おおくの山やま城じろが築きずかれた。
Many mountain castles were built during the Warring States period.
この山やま城じろは急きゅうな斜しゃ面めんを利り用ようして守まもりを固かためている。
This mountain castle uses steep slopes to strengthen its defenses.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が山やま城じろを築きずくfor someone to build a mountain castle
戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、多おおくの武ぶ将しょうが防ぼう御ぎょに優すぐれた山やま城じろを築きずいた。
During the Warring States period, many warlords built mountain castles with excellent defenses.
山やま城じろに籠ろう城じょうするto hole up (under siege) in a mountain castle
敵てき軍ぐんに包ほう囲いされ、兵へいたちは山やま城じろに籠ろう城じょうした。
Surrounded by the enemy army, the soldiers holed up in the mountain castle.

Kanji

山mountain
城castle

Opposites

平ひら城じろ
山城 is a castle built on a mountain using natural terrain for defense, while 平城 is built on flat land with fewer natural defenses.

Don't confuse with

平へい城じょう
山城 (mountain castle) can be confused with 平城 read as へいじょう, which refers to Heijō-kyō, the ancient capital located in present-day Nara, not a type of castle.
山やま城しろ
山城 (やましろ) is the historical province name in Kyoto, while the same kanji read やまじろ means 'mountain castle', a fortification built on high ground.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion · counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

Word family

平ひら山やま城じろ
hill castle in the plains; flatland-mountain castle

Built from

山やま+城しろ

Written forms

山城Usage100%
- やまじろ
  Standard kanji spelling for a castle built on a mountain.
- さんじょう
  Alternate reading, less common than やまじろ. May appear in historical or specialized contexts.
さんじょう

Etymology

Compound of 山 (やま, 'mountain') and 城 (しろ, 'castle'). The reading さんじょう is the on'yomi version.