Refers to wooden paneling on the lower part of an interior wall, often in traditional Japanese architecture.
decorative paper skirt on a sliding door
A paper covering attached to the lower part of a sliding door (fusuma or shoji) for decoration and protection.
Gold leaf is used on the decorative paper skirt of this sliding door.
The hallway of the old inn had wainscoting.
Standard spelling.
Irregular okurigana usage; less common.
Compound of 腰 (koshi, 'waist, lower part') and 張り (hari, 'stretching, covering'), referring to a covering applied to the lower portion of a wall or door.