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hokora

hokora noun: a small Japanese shrine.

hokora: a small Japanese shrine
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Noun

hokora (plural hokora)

  1. A small Japanese shrine.
    • “[…] If the village has a portable shrine, you could even leave it inside there.” / “Or build a hokora.” Ryōtora was still looking at Sekken, but his attention had gone straight through. Probably envisioning the small shrines that decorated the edges of roads throughout Rokugan and clung to the...2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 6, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 70

Forms of hokora

pluralhokora

Origin of hokora

Borrowed from Japanese 祠 (hokora)

Questions about hokora

What does hokora mean?
Hokora means a small Japanese shrine.
What part of speech is hokora?
Hokora is a noun.
What is the plural of hokora?
The plural of hokora is hokora.

Words near hokora in the dictionary

  1. hokkus
  2. Hokkëèn
  3. Hoklo
  4. Hoklos
  5. Hokonui
  6. hokora
  7. hokovirus
  8. hokoviruses
  9. Hokow
  10. hoks
  11. Hokshan

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