Word Meaning 明神鳥居

みょうじんとりい myoujintorii

明神鳥居 is read as みょうじんとりい (myoujintorii) and means myōjin torii.

Meaning

English

  1. myōjin torii
  2. type of torii topped by a curved double lintel

Reading

Kana

みょうじんとりい

Romaji

myoujintorii

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 133617 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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神明鳥居

しんめいとりい

shinmei torii

明神

みょうじん

great god

鳥居

とりい

torii

千本鳥居

せんぼんどりい

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

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

明治神宮

めいじじんぐう

Meiji Shrine

三柱鳥居

みつばしらとりい

triangular three-pillar torii

神明

しんめい

Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)

大明神

だいみょうじん

deity with extraordinary spiritual powers

神明

しんみょう

spirits of heaven and earth

神明社

しんめいしゃ

(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu