楼閣

Reading

Kana: ろうかく

Romaji: roukaku

Definition

noun

1

multistoried building

Kanji

楼

Readings: ロウ、 たかどの

Meanings: watchtower, lookout, high building

閣

Reading: カク

Meanings: tower, tall building, palace

Example Sentences

君(きみ)の計画(けいかく)は砂上(さじょう)の楼閣(ろうかく)に過(す)ぎないよ。

➥Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.

基礎(きそ)に杭(くい)を打(う)ち込(こ)むのを忘(わす)れて、空中(くうちゅう)に楼閣(ろうかく)を建(た)てるとは、あなたも愚(おろ)かな人(ひと)だ。

➥It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.