shoji

sho·ji  (shj)

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.

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[Japanese shji : sh, barrier, screen (from Middle Chinese tsiang) + ji, seed, n. suff. (from Middle Chinese tsz).]

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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