襖
Meanings
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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
A traditional sliding door made of a wooden lattice covered with paper or cloth, used to partition rooms in Japanese-style houses.
When I opened the fusuma in the Japanese-style room, I could see the garden.
The fusuma in the old house have beautiful paintings on them.
Usage patterns
- 襖を開けるto open a fusuma
My mother opened the fusuma and came into the room.
- 襖を閉めるto close a fusuma
It's cold, so please close the fusuma.
- 襖を張るto re-paper/re-cover a fusuma
We re-papered the old, worn-out fusuma.