しらす

Also written 白洲, 白州

Meanings

1. Noun white sandbar; white sandbank
2. area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
3. gravel separating a noh stage from the audience
4. court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand See also: お白州 (おしらす).

Words containing しらす

• しらす干し (しらすぼし) dried young sardines
• しらす漁 (しらすりょう) fishing for young anchovy, sardines, etc.
• しらすげ Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)

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Word lists

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Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists