障子 (しょうじ, shouji) Japanese meaning: shoji | KotomoraI opened the shoji and let the garden air in.
Usage patterns
障子を開けるto open a shoji door
It's cold, so please close the shoji door.
障子を破るto tear (a hole in) a shoji door's paper
The child tore a hole in the shoji door with a ball.
障子を張るto re-paper a shoji door
Many households re-paper their shoji doors at the end of the year.
障子越しに〈動詞〉to do something through a shoji door (e.g. hear, see faintly)
I could hear voices talking through the shoji door.
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oil-treated shoji; water-resistant shoji
sliding door covered with thick patterned paper
tall-paneled sliding door
partitioning screen; free-standing shoji screen
frame of a shoji; shoji lattice
