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Meanings of torii in English

Air intercept radar.

Usage of torii in English
1
In front of the temple stands a wooden arch, called a torii.
Peeps at Many Lands: Japan
2
And then he built a torii with three exceedingly small needles.'
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
3
Over a long bridge and under a tall torii we roll into upward-sloping streets.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
4
All things within the temple grounds have sacred names, even the torii and the bridges.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
5
This latter I will describe when Japan, the land of the torii, is the topic.
Travels in the Far East
6
The great torii which forms the sea-gate of Hinomisaki is of white granite, and severely beautiful.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
7
And there is usually a small shrine placed before the tree, and a little torii also.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
8
Like Enoshima, Kitzuki has a torii for its city gate; but the torii is not of bronze.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
9
Before each torii sit a pair of weird foxes-oneto the right and one to the left.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
10
That is a torii: the construction varying little in design, whether made of stone, wood, or metal.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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The grand shrines all have an imposing torii, or gateway, that look like unusually decorative, outsize goalposts.
The Guardian
12
How describe a torii to those who have never looked at one even in a photograph or engraving?
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
13
Advancing beyond this torii, I find myself in a sort of park or pleasure-ground on the summit of the hill.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
14
Across the gravel courtyard and up another flight of steps, I passed through the torii gate to the shrine itself.
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
15
We pass a torii and beyond it come to a stone monument covered with figures of monkeys chiselled in relief.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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This curious street ends at another torii, a wooden torii, with a steeper flight of stone steps ascending to it.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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