Etymology

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Today it means: A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. Full definition →

Japanese 鳥居
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from鳥居
  2. English todaytorii

From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”).

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