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障子 (しょうじ): paper sliding door — Japanese vocabulary

障子 is read しょうじ and means "paper sliding door". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

障子

Reading
しょうじ · shouji
Translation
paper sliding door
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しょうじが

Example

壁に耳あり障子に目あり。

かべにみみありしょうじにめあり。

Walls have ears, shouji have eyes.

Kanji in this word

  • 障 — hinder, 障害
  • 子 — child

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