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鳥居とりい (torii)

torii (Shinto shrine archway)

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Meaning

鳥居 (とりい, torii) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “torii (Shinto shrine archway)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

その神社じんじゃの鳥居とりいは黒くろい

The gate of that Shinto shrine is black.

室は鳥居元忠の娘。

Muro was the daughter of Mototada Torii.

鳥居には桜が似合うと思う。

I think cherry blossoms go well with torii gates.

稲荷鳥居:台輪(だいりん)鳥居ともいう。

The Inari-style torii is also referred to as the Dairin-style torii.

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