shoji

[ shoh-zhee, -jee ]

noun

, plural sho·ji, sho·jis.

1. a light screen consisting of a framework of wood covered with paper or other translucent material, used originally in Japanese homes as one of a series of sliding panels between the interior and exterior or between two interior spaces.

shoji

/ -dʒiː; ˈʃəʊʒiː /

noun

1. a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition
2. any similar screen

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoji¹

1875–80; < Japanese shōji, earlier shaũji < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhàngzi fence

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoji¹

C19: from Japanese, from shō to separate + ji a piece

Example Sentences

The local people open their homes to show off their treasures inside: artworks, Shoji screens, their homes.

From The Daily Beast

Meister, like Shoji, is a designer who consistently dresses plus-size stars.

From The Daily Beast

Shoji next are opened, disclosing often the dull green mosquito net hung from corner to corner of the low-ceiled sleeping rooms.

From Project Gutenberg

Two of the four walls of the guest-room were of shoji, a lattice covered with translucent rice-paper.

From Project Gutenberg

With very cautious fingers she began now to separate the shoji that opened on the garden side.

From Project Gutenberg

In the deep, following silence each knew that old Mata's ear felt, like a hand, at the crevice of the shoji.

From Project Gutenberg

Um-ko in her room forgot her sewing, and leaned a delicate ear closer to the shoji.

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