Meaning
障子 (しょうじ, shouji) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “paper sliding door”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
猫が障子を破った。
The cat tore the paper sliding door.
障子がはずれた.
The shoji is off its groove.
今日の障子である。
This is today's shoji.
壁に耳あり障子に目あり。
Walls have ears, sliding paper doors have eyes
壁に耳有り障子に目有り。
Walls have ears and Shoji style Japanese paper sliding doors have eyes.
壁に耳あり、障子に目あり。
Walls have ears, shoji have eyes.
その中でも、明かり障子の使用は画期的な創意工夫であった。
Among such devices, the use of akari shoji was an epoch-making, ingenious device.
絹障子、紙障子、板障子なども台脚の上に乗せる衝立障子であった。
Kinu-shoji, kami-shoji, ita-shoji and others were tsuitate-shoji used on a stand.
当初は男子のみを対象としていたが、聴講を望む婦女子多く、障子越しの別室にて拝聴を許された。
Initially it was only for the men; then women were allowed to listen to the lecture in another room behind the shoji (partitions that can divide the interior of a building into separate rooms) since many women desired to attend.
さらに、春夏秋冬の儀式を描き上げた年中行事障子(衝立障子)が、殿上の間の戸口の前に置かれていた。
In addition, the Nenjugyoji no shoji (Tsuitate shoji) drawn the regular annual ceremonies of four seasons was placed at the entrance of Tenjo no ma (anteroom for nobles).