鳥居
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
- a similar roofless gate to a residence
- the top bar of a railing
- the top horizontal bar of a balance scale for measuring weight
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 鳥 (bird) + Japanese 居 (residence, sitting in a place, existing in a place, there is, being in a place, being, abode, reside).
Origin
Japanese
居
Gloss
residence, sitting in a place, existing in a place, there is, being in a place, being, abode, reside
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- torii English
- torii Italian
- 七面鳥 Japanese
- 不死鳥 Japanese
- 始祖鳥 Japanese
- 小夜鳴き鳥 Japanese
- 尾長鳥 Japanese
- 居 Japanese
- 居留守 Japanese
- 居酒屋 Japanese
- 新居 Japanese
- 旧居 Japanese
- 渡り鳥 Japanese
- 火の鳥 Japanese
- 火食い鳥 Japanese
- 烏帽子鳥 Japanese
- 牧場鳥 Japanese
- 琴鳥 Japanese
- 田舎 Japanese
- 藍 Japanese
- 雄鳥 Japanese
- 雌鳥 Japanese
- 雷神鳥 Japanese
- 鳥 Japanese
- 鳥籠 Japanese
- 鳥貝 Japanese
- 鳥黐 Japanese
- 鵯 Japanese
- 鶏 Japanese
- 鸛 Japanese
- 黒歌鳥 Japanese
- *təri Proto-Japonic