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    3. 障子

    障子

    障しょう子じ

    shoji (paper sliding door)

    N2KMT8News #25+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    しょうじ

    Noun

    1.
    shoji (paper sliding door)

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    和わ室しつには障しょう子じがあります。

    There are shoji screens in the Japanese-style room.

    KMT5Home & HousingCulture & Traditions
    朝あさ日ひが障しょう子じを通とおして部へ屋やに差さし込こみ、優やさしい光ひかりが広ひろがります。

    The morning sun shines into the room through the shoji, spreading a gentle light.

    KMT8Home & HousingCulture & Traditions
    障しょう子じの張はり替かえは、日に本ほんの季き節せつの風ふう物ぶつ詩しの一ひとつです。

    Replacing shoji paper is one of Japan's seasonal traditions.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    子こ供どもが障しょう子じを破やぶってしまい、新あたらしい紙かみに張はり替かえました。

    My child tore the shoji, so I replaced it with new paper.

    KMT8Home & HousingDaily Life
    伝でん統とう的てきな日に本ほん家か屋おくにおいて、障しょう子じは採さい光こうと通つう風ふう、そしてプライバシー保ほ護ごの役やく割わりを兼かね備そなえている。

    In traditional Japanese houses, shoji screens combine the roles of lighting, ventilation, and privacy protection.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    障
    さわ.る…(1)
    hinder・hurt・harm
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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