shoji
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ʒi, -dʒi noun, plural sho·ji, sho·jis.
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:
1875–80; < Japanese shōji, earlier shaũji < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhàngzi fence
1875–80; < Japanese shōji, earlier shaũji < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhàngzi fence
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| —n , pl -ji, -jis | |
| 1. | a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition |
| 2. | any similar screen |
| [C19: from Japanese, from shō to separate + ji a piece] | |
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Shoji
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
He pretended that there were magical realms hidden behind the sliding shoji screens in his family's little house.
Each bedroom features a queen-size bed and shoji-paper privacy screens, as well as a private deck.
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