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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 paper
Familiarity information: SHOJI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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