English

Proper noun

Horai

1. Alternative form of Horae

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).

Horai

1. 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