shoji

[ shoh-zhee, -jee ]

/ ˈʃoʊ ʒi, -dʒi /

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noun, plural sho·ji, sho·jis.

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.

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Origin of shoji

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

Words nearby shoji

shogun, shogunate, shogun bond, shoguns, shohet, shoji, Sholapur, Sholem Aleichem, Sholes, Sholokhov, Sholom

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How to use shoji in a sentence

The local people open their homes to show off their treasures inside: artworks, Shoji screens, their homes.
Bar-Hopping With the Kyoto Geisha|Liza Foreman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meister, like Shoji, is a designer who consistently dresses plus-size stars.
Octavia Spencer: Nominated for ‘The Help’ and Star of the Red Carpet|Justine Harman|February 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Shoji next are opened, disclosing often the dull green mosquito net hung from corner to corner of the low-ceiled sleeping rooms.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
Two of the four walls of the guest-room were of shoji, a lattice covered with translucent rice-paper.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa

With very cautious fingers she began now to separate the shoji that opened on the garden side.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
In the deep, following silence each knew that old Mata's ear felt, like a hand, at the crevice of the shoji.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
Um-ko in her room forgot her sewing, and leaned a delicate ear closer to the shoji.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa

British Dictionary definitions for shoji

shoji

/ (ˈʃəʊʒiː, -dʒiː) /

noun plural -ji or -jis

a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition

any similar screen

Word Origin for shoji

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

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