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shoji

sho·ji [ shṓ j ] (plural sho·ji or sho·jis)


noun 
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Japanese screen or partition: a rice-paper screen in a wooden frame used as a sliding partition or door in traditional Japanese houses

[Late 19th century. < Japanese shōji< shō "screen, barrier" (< Middle Chinese tsiang) + -ji "seed" (< Middle Chinese tsz)]
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