Word Meaning 鳥居

とりい torii

鳥居 is read as とりい (torii) and means torii.

Meaning

English

torii
Shinto shrine archway

Reading

Kana

とりい

Romaji

torii

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 6722 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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鳥居前町

とりいまえまち

town that developed in front of a Shinto shrine's 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

鳥居配管

とりいはいかん

right-angled loop (used in plumbing)

三柱鳥居

みつばしらとりい

triangular three-pillar torii

鳥類

ちょうるい

birds

鳥取大学

とっとりだいがく

Tottori University

同居

どうきょ

living together

住居

じゅうきょ

dwelling

Example Sentences

鳥居は大きいです。

The shrine gate is huge.

鳥居と言うと、階段を上がったところにあった赤いオブジェ？

By 'Torii' you mean that red objet d'art at the top of the steps?

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