(とぶすま)

とぶすま
noun
tobusuma; fusuma-style sliding door
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 (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)()ける。
I open the tobusuma.
和室(わしつ)廊下(ろうか)戸襖(とぶすま)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)片面(かためん)(ふすま)、もう片面(かためん)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 () (door) + (ふすま) (fusuma), with (ふすま) read ぶすま(ぶすま) through rendaku.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • (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