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襖: sliding paper door

sliding paper door
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Readings

On
オウ
Kun
ふすま・あお

ふすま is opaque paper over a frame, unlike 障子 (しょうじ), whose translucent paper lets light through.

Key words

襖ふすまsliding paper door
襖絵ふすまえpainting on a sliding door
襖越しふすまごしthrough the sliding door

Example sentences

At night, when I quietly opened the sliding door, my grandmother was sleeping peacefully.

The paintings on the sliding doors of this temple were done in the Edo period.

I could hear voices from the next room through the sliding door.

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