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SHOJI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoji mean? 

SHOJI (noun)
  The noun SHOJI has 1 sense:

1. a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paperplay

  Familiarity information: SHOJI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOJI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shoji" is a kind of...):

concealment; cover; covert; screen (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)


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