Example sentences for: torii

How can you use “torii” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Purchased by both companies and individuals (at vast expense) in the hope of incurring the blessings of the gods, the torii become smaller as you progress through the tunnel and begin to ascend the mountain.

  • But take the path at the top right of the compound and you come to the first of Fushimi-Inari’s remarkable features: its long, meandering tunnels of bright orange torii arches.

  • A huge arch (torii) spanning the main road marks the approach to the Heian Shrine.

  • Nigatsu-do hosts a spectacular fire purification festival in the second month of the lunar calendar (hence its name): the O-mizu Torii, or Water-Drawing Festival.

  • The main entrance takes you to the first sacred gateway (torii), which in Japan always symbolizes the threshold of holy ground.


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