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Shoji   /ʃˈoʊdʒi/   Listen
Shoji

noun
1.
A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper.





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"Shoji" Quotes from Famous Books



... star and cradle and 'gain he speak his thought. He say: "What is cradle, Sensei? I know 'bout star. Every night at my honorable home I open shoji to see old priest strike bell and make him sing. Then I see big star hang out light over topmost of mountain." One more time he say, like thinking to himself: "Cradle. Maybe him shrine for ...
— Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God - A Christmas Story • Fannie C. Macaulay
... frequently noiselessly drawn apart, and several pairs of dark, elongated eyes surveyed me through the cracks; for there were two Japanese families in the room to the right, and five men in that to the left. I closed the sliding windows, with translucent paper for window panes, called shoji, and went to bed, but the lack of privacy was fearful, and I have not yet sufficient trust in my fellow-creatures to be comfortable without locks, walls, or doors! Eyes were constantly applied to the sides of the ...
— Unbeaten Tracks in Japan • Isabella L. Bird


Words linked to "Shoji" :   japan, Nippon, concealment, covert, cover, screen, Nihon


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