障しょう屏へい

noun

interior partitions; screens and sliding doors

Refers collectively to the movable or semi-fixed partitions in traditional Japanese architecture, such as fusuma, shoji, and folding screens. Not used for modern Western-style walls.

• この和わ室しつの障しょう屏へいはすべて職しょく人にんの手て作づくりだ。

  All the partitions in this Japanese-style room are handmade by craftsmen.

• 障しょう屏へいを開あけ放はなつと、部屋へやが広ひろく感かんじられる。

  When you open up the screens and sliding doors, the room feels spacious.