Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “障子”

障子

しょうじ

shoji (paper sliding door)

Example sentence

Walls have ears, shouji have eyes.

Kanji details

障

・hinder

・hurt

・harm

子

・child

・sign of the rat

・11pm-1am

・first sign of chinese zodiac

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5 related words

しょうじにめあり

walls have ears

しょうじのさん

frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

しょうじのこし

lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

しょうじがみ

shoji paper

しょうじはる

to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter