Definition of Kokka

1. Noun. The branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan.

Exact synonyms: Kokka Shinto
Group relationships: Shinto
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan.
Partainyms: Kokka Shinto

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kokka

Kohistan
Kohler's disease
Kohler illumination
Kohlmeier-Degos syndrome
Kohlrausch's muscle
Kohlrausch's valves
Kohn's pores
Kohnstamm's phenomenon
Kohtla-Järve
Koine
Koizumi
Kojac
Kojewnikoff
Kojewnikoff's epilepsy
Kokborok
Kokka
Kokka Shinto
Koko
Kokomo
Kokyo
Kol
Kol Nidre
Kola Peninsula
Kolam
Kolami
Kolar
Kolarian
Kolarians
Kolhapur
Kolkata

Literary usage of Kokka

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chinese Clay Figures by Berthold Laufer (1914)
"J From the kokka, No. 42. ... is represented (kokka, No. 28, Plate V). * The Japanese identifications are doubtless based on correct traditions, ..."

2. U.S.-Japan Strategic Reciprocity: A Neo-Internationalist View by Edward A. Olsen (1985)
"Kosaka Masataka, "Tsusho kokka Nihon no unmei" [Fate of Japan, a trading nation], ... Shimuzu Ikutaro, Nippon i/o, kokka tare (Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 198o), ..."

3. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The beautifully illustrated art magazine known as the kokka. is printed by the kokka Co. Ask for Mr. Sentaro Sawamura of the latter company, ..."

4. Revised Catalogue, Department of Fine Arts, with Index of Exhibitors (1893)
"kokka-Sha. Colored prints. Three frames from wood cuts showing the process of producing ... kokka-Sha. Xylographs for the monthly magazine. 365. kokka-Sha. ..."

5. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"1981; Taylor, Branch, Liu, and kokka 1982; Weinberg 1988). Similar results have been obtained after challenges with drugs such as ethanol and ..."

6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"... from the bark of a tree, called kokka, which they rub ... with the juice of the kokka, in different quantities, according to the ..."

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