hokora

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noun

A small Japanese shrine.

OriginJapanese 祠 →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounhokora (plural hokora)
  1. A small Japanese shrine.
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    “[…] 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 outskirts of larger shrines, especially in rural areas.

    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

Origin

  1. Japanese祠
  2. Englishhokora

Borrowed from Japanese 祠 (hokora)

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APA

hokora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokora

MLA

“hokora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokora. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hokora,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokora.

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