戸と障しょう子じ

noun

doors and shoji; sliding doors and paper-paned sliding doors

Refers collectively to both solid doors (戸) and translucent sliding doors with paper panes (障子) in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 古ふるい家いえでは、戸と障しょう子じの開あけ閉たてに気きをつかう。

  In old houses, one has to be careful when opening and closing the doors and shoji.

• 戸と障しょう子じを張はり替かえるのは、年ねん末まつの大おお仕し事ごとだ。

  Re-papering the doors and shoji is a big year-end task.