白しら壁かべ

noun

white plaster wall

Refers to a wall finished with white plaster, typical in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 古ふるい町まち並なみには白しら壁かべの蔵くらが並ならんでいる。

  In the old townscape, storehouses with white plaster walls stand in a row.

noun

tofu; bean curd

Only with reading しらかべ

Slang or jargon for tofu, likening its appearance to a white plaster wall. Restricted to the reading しらかべ.

• 居い酒ざか屋やで「白しら壁かべ」と注ちゅう文もんしたら冷ひや奴やっこが出でてきた。

  When I ordered 'shirakabe' at the izakaya, I got chilled tofu.