Kamakura

[ kah-mah-koo-rah ]

noun

1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Sagami Bay: great bronze statue of Buddha.
2. the first period, 1185–1333, during which Japan was ruled by a feudal regime.

Kamakura

/ ˌkæməˈkʊərə /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: famous for its Great Buddha (Daibutsu), a 13th-century bronze, 15 m (49 ft) high. Pop: 169 714 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

Of course it was the wrong one, but they told me the N——s had left the house, and gone to Kamakura.

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Stung by these insults, Gotoba finally resolved to overthrow the Kamakura government.

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The circumstances of the downfall of the Kamakura government will be related in the next chapter.

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I look forward in the future to a Kamakura day, under like circumstances, when time and tide permit.

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I believe A. can surprise us at Kamakura, which he knows better than any man living.

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