This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Word

叢祠
ほこら
hokora; small wayside shrine
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淫祠

いんし
shrine of evil deity
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淫祠邪教

いんしじゃきょう
evil heresies
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古祠

こし
old small shrine
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分祀

分祠
ぶんし
separation of worship; movement of an enshrined deity to another shrine
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小祠

しょうし
small hokora; small shrine
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神祠

しんし
shrine
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叢祠

そうし
small shrine in a thicket
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祠堂

しどう
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
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祠宇

しう
shrine