鳥居

とりい

Meanings

1. Noun torii (Shinto shrine archway)

Kanji

• 鳥 bird. Read as とり.
• 居 reside. Read as い.

Example sentences

• 鳥居は大きいです。
  The shrine gate is huge.

Common phrases

• 鳥居がある
• 鳥居をくぐる
• 赤い鳥居

Words containing 鳥居

• 石鳥居 (いしどりい) torii made of stone
• 鳥居配管 (とりいはいかん) right-angled loop (used in plumbing)
• 千本鳥居 (せんぼんとりい) rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine)

And 5 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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