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鳥居 (とりい) — Shinto shrine archway | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

鳥居

とりい

noun

Meanings

1Shinto shrine archway
2torii (Shinto shrine archway)

Example sentence

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?

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

鳥Bird, Chicken11 strokes 居Reside, To Be, Exist8 strokes

More words with 鳥

渡り鳥わたりどり · migratory birdN1 小鳥ことり · small birdN4 鳥とり · chicken (lit., bird)N5 水鳥みずとり · waterfowl 一石二鳥いっせきにちょう · killing two birds with one stone

Full entry on Jisho

千鳥

ちどり · plover

鳥類ちょうるい · birds

白鳥はくちょう · swan (Cygnus spp.)

More words with 居

転居てんきょ · movingN1 同居どうきょ · living togetherN1 芝居しばい · playN3 居間いま · living roomN3 皇居こうきょ · Imperial PalaceN1 居るおる · to be (animate)居らっしゃるいらっしゃる · to come 居住きょじゅう · residenceN1

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