Definition of shoji in English:
shoji
(also shoji screen)
nounPlural shojis ˈʃəʊdʒiˈSHōjē
(in Japan) a sliding outer or inner door made of a latticed screen covered with white paper.
Example sentencesExamples
- He sat crosslegged at the closest table to the door, closing the shoji as he went.
- Suddenly an arrow shot through the paper of the shoji door.
- With its faux rice-paper lamps and shoji sliding doors, the street could easily pass for a tidy neighborhood in Tokyo.
- A courtier quietly slid open the shoji to advise them of Masakazu's arrival.
- There was a shoji screen (a screen that's put up for privacy) blocking his view of the room.
- When I got a little too much Asian theme in my house, I covered my shoji screen with the fencing and instantly went tiki!