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Hojo

American  
[hoh-yoh] / ˈhoʊ joʊ /

noun

  1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as regents in the name of the shoguns during the period 1203–1333.


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In this period, the imperial capital remained at Heian-kyo, but the warrior families, first the Minamoto and then the Hojo, were headquartered in Kamakura.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Knowing they would return, the ruling Hojo clan built several land- and sea-based fortifications to halt any future invasion.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

I almost let my man Hojo drag me back into the social media ring Thursday night, when he spotlighted a recent TikTok skit that featured two guys in a car asserting that In-N-Out is overrated.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020

In the interim, if you share Hojo Beck’s view that In-N-Out is an overhyped institution, I won’t keep trying to convince you otherwise.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020

Her father had judged too harshly, for--alas! to confess such infamy--the Hojo had repulsed her.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield

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