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shoji

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(shō′zhē, -jē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sho•ji  (shō′zhē, -jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ji, -jis. 
  1. a light screen consisting of a framework of wood covered with paper or other translucent material, used originally in Japanese homes as one of a series of sliding panels between the interior and exterior or between two interior spaces.
  • Middle Chinese, equivalent. to Chinese zhàngzi fence
  • Japanese shōji, earlier shaũji
  • 1875–80

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