hokora

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 祠 (hokora)

Noun

hokora (plural hokora)

  1. A small Japanese shrine.
    • 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:
      “[…] 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.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

hokora

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほこら
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