torii
pronunciation
How to pronounce torii in British English:
UK ['tɔːrɪiː]
How to pronounce torii in American English:
US [ 'torɪi]
Word Origin
- torii (n.)
- singular and plural, "gateway to a Shinto temple," Japanese, according to OED from tori "bird" + i "to sit, to perch."
Example
- 1. With its towering red torii gate and graffiti of girls in kimonos , the neighbourhood of liberdade in so paulo looks like most japanese outposts around the world .
- 2. Nanjing torii eisaku technology co. , ltd. first branch .
- 3. Hisakazu torii , an analyst at displaysearch , a research group , says premiums on 3d televisions are likely to start shrinking next year .
- 4. Did you see the small red torii gate ?
- 5. The nearest a commoner can get to the inner temple is a carefully laid-out stone garden , with a wooden torii gate , a thatch-roofed building and some cedars .