shoji
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.
Origin of shoji
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How to use shoji in a sentence
The local people open their homes to show off their treasures inside: artworks, shoji screens, their homes.
Meister, like shoji, is a designer who consistently dresses plus-size stars.
Octavia Spencer: Nominated for ‘The Help’ and Star of the Red Carpet | Justine Harman | February 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTshoji next are opened, disclosing often the dull green mosquito net hung from corner to corner of the low-ceiled sleeping rooms.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaTwo of the four walls of the guest-room were of shoji, a lattice covered with translucent rice-paper.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaWith very cautious fingers she began now to separate the shoji that opened on the garden side.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
In the deep, following silence each knew that old Mata's ear felt, like a hand, at the crevice of the shoji.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaUm-ko in her room forgot her sewing, and leaned a delicate ear closer to the shoji.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for shoji
/ (ˈʃəʊʒiː, -dʒiː) /
a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition
any similar screen
Origin of shoji
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