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    3. 鳥居

    鳥居

    鳥とり居い

    torii (Shinto shrine archway)

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    とりい

    Noun

    1.
    torii (Shinto shrine archway)

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    神じん社じゃの入いり口ぐちに大おおきな鳥とり居いがある。

    There is a large torii gate at the entrance of the shrine.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    鳥とり居いをくぐると、神しん聖せいな雰ふん囲い気きが漂ただよう。

    When you pass through the torii gate, a sacred atmosphere hangs in the air.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな風ふう景けいには、しばしば鳥とり居いが描えがかれている。

    Torii gates are often depicted in traditional Japanese landscapes.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    初はつも詣うででは、多おおくの人ひと々びとが鳥とり居いをくぐり、神かみ様さまにお参まいりする。

    During Hatsumode (first shrine visit of the New Year), many people pass through torii gates to pray to the gods.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    厳いつ島くし神まじ社んじゃの海うみに立たつ鳥とり居いは、世せ界かい遺い産さんとしても有ゆう名めいだ。

    The torii gate standing in the sea at Itsukushima Shrine is also famous as a World Heritage site.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
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