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

Inflected Forms

noun

• shoji
  plural
• shojis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shoji

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