shoji

American  

[shoh-zhee, -jee] / ˈʃoʊ ʒi, -dʒi /

noun

shoji, plural shojis plural

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.

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shoji British  

/ -dʒiː, ˈʃəʊʒiː /

noun

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

2. any similar screen

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• shoji
  plural
• shojis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shoji

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

Example Sentences

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shoji

Delicate, sliding shoji screens served as stage curtains for the concerts her mom put on, starring local schoolkids and church friends.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

A shoji screen is folded to reveal a closet glowing with Chinese opera costumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

My grandmother, who would soon be a war widow, recalled the crackle of wooden houses consumed like kindling, how the flames danced as the shoji paper screens caught fire.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

I took an elevator to a Japanese restaurant, where I was escorted to a low table in a private room enclosed by shoji screens.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018

The little boy sobbed there behind the shoji.

From The Way of the Gods by Long, John Luther