MEANING
A traditional Japanese gateway marking entry or approach to a Shinto sacred place.
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- shrine torii
- wooden torii
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A torii marked the shrine entrance.
They passed beneath the wooden torii.
Several torii lined the approach.
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- torii
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular torii; plural torii, sometimes toriis in English. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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