千本鳥居 せんぼんとりい Also written せんぼんどりい Meanings Noun rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine); torii corridor Kanji 千 thousand. Read as セン. 本 origin. Read as ホン. 鳥 bird. Read as とり. 居 reside. Read as い. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists