Kokka

[ kawk-kah ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kokka¹

< Japanese: literally, state < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese guójiā

Example Sentences

The doken kokka was a racket on a national scale.

From The Guardian

The doken kokka was a racket on a national scale.

From The Guardian

"I think the decision is very good, I think they did well," says Ionna Kokka.

From BBC

Many of these are reproduced in the invaluable Tokyo publications, the Kokka, Mr Tajima’s Select Relics, &c., with Japanese criticisms in English.

From Project Gutenberg

His most important work in this line is La Philosophie de la Nature dans l’Art d’Extrême Orient, a sumptuously printed folio published by Laurens in Paris, with illustrations by the Kokka Company, and written with as much charm as insight.

From Project Gutenberg