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S0357000 (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).]

shoji

(ˈʃəʊʒiː; -dʒiː) n, pl -ji or -jis1. (Furniture) a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition2. (Furniture) any similar screen[C19: from Japanese, from shō to separate + ji a piece]

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

Shoji

A very lightweight sliding partition used in Japanese architecture, consisting of a wooden lattice covered on one side with translucent white rice paper. The lattice is most often composed of small horizontal rectangles.

shōji

sho¯ji A very lightweight sliding partition used in Japanese architecture; consists of a wooden lattice covered on one side with translucent white rice paper. The lattice is most often composed of small rectangles; the lower section is occasionally filled by a thin wooden panel.

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noun a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

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