Word Meaning 神明鳥居

しんめいとりい shimmeitorii

神明鳥居 is read as しんめいとりい (shimmeitorii) and means shinmei torii.

Meaning

English

shinmei torii
type of torii topped by a single straight lintel

Reading

Kana

しんめいとりい

Romaji

shimmeitorii

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 133616 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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明神鳥居

みょうじんとりい

myōjin torii

神明

しんめい

Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)

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

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

神明裁判

しんめいさいばん

trial by ordeal

神の存在証明

かみのそんざいしょうめい

arguments for the existence of God

三柱鳥居

みつばしらとりい

triangular three-pillar torii

大明神

だいみょうじん

deity with extraordinary spiritual powers