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TORII [2 records]

Record 1 2006-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A Japanese gateway of light post-and-lintel construction designed usually with delicately curved lines and commonly built at the approach to a Shinto shrine ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Portique en pierre, en bois ou en bronze précédant, au Japon, l’entrée des temples shintoïstes.

CONT

[Au sujet des] deux célèbres temples d’Ise [...] on y pénètre par des porches à double linteau, les torii, qui signalent toujours les abords d’un sanctuaire shintoïque [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A spectacular catch, suggesting the moves of a circus acrobat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Ichiro Suzuki a connu une journée de quatre coups sûrs et Torii Hunter a réussi un attrapé spectaculaire en neuvième, hier, alors que les étoiles du baseball majeur défaisaient les étoiles du Japon au compte de 4-2.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
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