櫓やぐら

noun

turret; watchtower

A raised wooden tower, often part of a castle or fortification, used for observation or defense.

• 城しろの櫓やぐらから敵てきの動うごきを見み張はった。

  They watched the enemy's movements from the castle turret.

noun

high wooden stage; scaffolding

A temporary raised wooden platform used for festivals, performances, or construction.

• 祭まつりのために広ひろ場ばに櫓やぐらが組くまれた。

  A high wooden stage was set up in the square for the festival.

noun

wooden frame (of a kotatsu)

The wooden lattice or frame that supports the futon over a kotatsu heater.

See also: こたつ

• こたつの櫓やぐらが古ふるくなったので新あたらしいのを買かった。

  The wooden frame of the kotatsu got old, so I bought a new one.

noun

yagura; fortress (shogi)

In shogi, a defensive formation where the king is protected inside a castle-like structure of pieces.

• 矢や倉ぐら囲がこいは将しょう棋ぎの代だい表ひょう的てきな戦せん法ぽうの一ひとつだ。

  The Yagura castle is one of the representative strategies in shogi.

noun

weapons storehouse

Archaic term for a building where weapons were stored; rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、城しろの武ぶ器き庫こを「櫓やぐら」と記しるした例れいがある。

  In old documents, there are examples where the castle armory is written as 櫓.