Horai
See also: Hōrai
English
Etymology 1
A romanization of Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hōrai, "seasons")
Etymology 2
A romanization of Japanese 蓬莱 (Hōrai ほうらい), from Middle Chinese 蓬萊 (Bong-Loi) (compare Mandarin Pénglái 蓬莱), from Old Chinese 蓬萊 (*Bˁəŋ-rˁəj).
Proper noun
Horai
- a mythical Japanese paradise based upon the Chinese Penglai
- In Horai there is neither death nor pain; and there is no winter. The flowers in that place never fade, and the fruits never fail; and if man taste of those fruits even but once, he can never again feel thirst or hunger.
- —Lafcadio Hearn's Japan
- In Horai there is neither death nor pain; and there is no winter. The flowers in that place never fade, and the fruits never fail; and if man taste of those fruits even but once, he can never again feel thirst or hunger.
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