Crossword clues for shoji
shoji
Wiktionary
n. A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper.
WordNet
n. a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper
Wikipedia
In traditional Japanese architecture, a is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo. While washi is the traditional paper, shōji may be made of paper made by modern manufacturing processes; plastic is also in use.
was a after Kenkyū and before Kennin. This period spanned the years from April 1199 through February 1201. The reigning emperor was .
Shōji, Shoji or Shouji is a masculine Japanese given name written with various kanji (正治, 昌二, 昭二, etc.).
'''Shoji ''' may refer to:
- Shōji, a type of Japanese room partition with a wooden frame holding a wooden or bamboo grid
- Tarō Shōji, a Japanese singer
- Shōji (given name)
Usage examples of "shoji".
During the night the amado fell out of the worn-out grooves with a crash, knocking down the shoji, which fell on me, and rousing Ito, who rushed into my room half-asleep, with a vague vision of bloodthirsty Ainos in his mind.
The yadoya was a very large one, and, as sixty guests had arrived before me, there was no choice of accommodation, and I had to be contented with a room enclosed on all sides not by fusuma but shoji, and with barely room for my bed, bath, and chair, under a fusty green mosquito net which was a perfect nest of fleas.
The yadoya at Innai was a remarkably cheerful one, but my room was entirely fusuma and shoji, and people were peeping in the whole time.
Servants were just in the process of replacing the ruined shoji and already the grass mats had been changed and a new table set with cups.
The shoji closed behind her as she crossed the room, without a bow, directly into his arms in one lithe motion, seeming to curl all of herself against him at once.
When the shoji slid closed behind the servant, Shonto turned to his merchant.
But then broke away, and, going to the far wall, unlatched a shoji, opening it wide to the night.
That rattles my shoji, Yet I am told the fall grains Need little encouragement.
A breeze slipped in through a half open shoji and with it the scent of fallen leaves.
Rising to her feet, Nishima slid the shoji aside and was relieved to find the hall empty.
Its collision with the shoji brought a horde of guards and attendants rushing in from all sides.
Tadamoto glanced out the slightly open shoji as though suddenly taken by the passing scene.
Shonto was on the verge of rising when the shoji slid aside and there stood his only daughter, Lady Nishima.
Jiro and Shoji watched from the deck as groups of Chinese coolies, along with other groups of American laborers, unloaded the ship.
In that case, it would be good for him if he made a better impression on Sachiko than Shoji did.