Word Meaning 千本鳥居

せんぼんとりい sembontorii

千本鳥居 is read as せんぼんとりい (sembontorii) and means rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine).

Meaning

English

rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine)
torii corridor

Reading

Kana

せんぼんとりい

Romaji

sembontorii

Writing Variants

千本鳥居 せんぼんどりい sembondorii

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 114329 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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千本格子

せんぼんごうし

lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)

千鳥格子

ちどりごうし

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千歳鳥

ちとせどり

crane (bird)

千鳥草

ちどりそう

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

千鳥掛け

ちどりがけ

cross-stitch

鳥居

とりい

torii

一の鳥居

いちのとりい

first torii gate of a shrine

石鳥居

いしどりい

torii made of stone

神明鳥居

しんめいとりい

shinmei torii

明神鳥居

みょうじんとりい

myōjin torii

千鳥

ちどり

plover

千本占地

せんぼんしめじ

Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)