shoji
noun
sho·ji
ˈshō-(ˌ)jē 
plural shoji also shojis
: a paper screen serving as a wall, partition, or sliding door
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Wood was carefully sourced from solely natural forests within Japan, mud walls add texture, TVs are discreetly hidden behind shoji, and a selection of European furnishings brings modernity to the fore.
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Christina Liao, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
There’s a Japanese suite, which has an original art piece by Coppola’s friend, director Akira Kurosawa, and correspondence between Kurosawa and Ingmar Bergman, casually hanging amid shoji privacy screens and black-and-white photos of Japanese film icons.
—Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Floor-to-ceiling windows face a private patio, with a den behind a shoji screen room divider.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
In the office’s central space, blue, sliding shoji screens pay homage to Astroscale’s Japanese roots.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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Christina Liao, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
There’s a Japanese suite, which has an original art piece by Coppola’s friend, director Akira Kurosawa, and correspondence between Kurosawa and Ingmar Bergman, casually hanging amid shoji privacy screens and black-and-white photos of Japanese film icons.
—Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Floor-to-ceiling windows face a private patio, with a den behind a shoji screen room divider.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
In the office’s central space, blue, sliding shoji screens pay homage to Astroscale’s Japanese roots.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoji
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“Shoji.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoji. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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