白しら州す

noun

white sandbar; white sandbank

A natural geographical feature: a sandbar or sandbank with white sand, often found in rivers or coastal areas.

• 河か口こうに美うつくしい白しら州すが広ひろがっている。

  A beautiful white sandbar stretches out at the river mouth.

noun

white sand or pebble area in a garden or entrance

Refers to a traditional Japanese garden feature or the entrance area of a house covered with white sand or small pebbles, often for aesthetic or practical purposes.

• 玄げん関かん先さきの白しら州すに水みずを打うって涼りょうをとる。

  We sprinkle water on the white pebble area at the entrance to cool down.

noun

gravel area separating a noh stage from the audience

In Noh theater, the white gravel space between the stage and the audience seating; also called 白洲 in this context.

• 能のう舞ぶ台たいと客きゃく席せきの間あいだには白しら州すが敷しかれている。

  White gravel is laid between the Noh stage and the audience seats.

noun

Edo-period court of law with white sand

Archaic term for a courtroom in the Edo period where litigants sat on white sand; often referred to as お白州.

See also: お白州

• 時じ代だい劇げきでお白しら州すの場ば面めんを見みたことがある。

  I've seen scenes of the white sand court in period dramas.