sho·ji

(shō′jē)

n. pl. shoji or sho·jis

A translucent screen consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used as a sliding door or partition in a Japanese house.

[Japanese shōji : shō, barrier, screen (from Middle Chinese tʂiang`; also the source of Mandarin jiàng) + -ji, noun-forming suff. (from Middle Chinese tsẓ´; see gyoza).]

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shoji

(ˈʃəʊʒiː; -dʒiː)

n, pl -ji or -jis

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

2. (Furniture) any similar screen

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

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sho•ji

(ˈʃoʊ dʒi)

n., pl. -ji, -jis.

a light screen of translucent paper, used as a sliding door or room divider.

[1875–80; < Japanese]

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Noun

shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

cover, covert, concealment, screen - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

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