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鳥居 (とりい): Shinto shrine archway — Japanese vocabulary

鳥居 is read とりい and means "Shinto shrine archway". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

鳥居

Reading
とりい · torii
Translation
Shinto shrine archway
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とりいが

Example

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?

とりいとゆうと、かいだんをあがったところにあったあかいオブジェ?

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

Kanji in this word

  • 鳥 — bird
  • 居 — Reside, To Be, Exist

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