戸襖(とぶすま)

とぶすま
noun
tobusuma; fusuma-style sliding door
building
1. tobusuma; sliding door faced with fusuma on one side and wood on the other
A sliding door used where a Japanese-style room meets a Western-style room or hallway. One face is finished as a 襖(ふすま) to match the tatami room, while the other is a wooden door to match the adjoining space.
戸襖(とぶすま)を開(あ)ける。
I open the tobusuma.
和室(わしつ)と廊下(ろうか)は戸襖(とぶすま)で仕切(しき)られている。
The tatami room and the hallway are partitioned by a tobusuma.
戸襖(とぶすま)は片面(かためん)が襖(ふすま)、もう片面(かためん)が板戸(いたど)になっている。
A tobusuma has fusuma on one side and a wooden door on the other.

A compound of 戸(と) (door) + 襖(ふすま) (fusuma), with 襖(ふすま) read ぶすま through rendaku.

Similar words

  • 襖(ふすま): a sliding partition papered on both sides, used between Japanese-style rooms
  • 障子(しょうじ): a sliding door of translucent paper over a wooden lattice
  • 板戸(いたど): a solid wooden sliding door

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