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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 to match the tatami room, while the other is a wooden door to match the adjoining space.
戸襖を開ける。
I open the tobusuma.
和室と廊下は戸襖で仕切られている。
The tatami room and the hallway are partitioned by a tobusuma.
戸襖は片面が襖、もう片面が板戸になっている。
A tobusuma has fusuma on one side and a wooden door on the other.
A compound of 戸 (door) + 襖 (fusuma), with 襖 read ぶすま through rendaku.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 襖: a sliding partition papered on both sides, used between Japanese-style rooms
- 障子: a sliding door of translucent paper over a wooden lattice
- 板戸: a solid wooden sliding door