ろうかく
Roukaku
楼閣 (Roukaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “multistoried building, castle, palace, shrine”.
Meanings
- nounmultistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
Examples
君の計画は砂上の楼閣に過ぎないよ。
Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
基礎に杭を打ち込むのを忘れて、空中に楼閣を建てるとは、あなたも愚かな人だ。
It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).