Word Meaning お白州

おしらす oshirasu

お白州 is read as おしらす (oshirasu) and means court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand.

Meaning

English

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

Reading

Kana

おしらす

Romaji

oshirasu

Writing Variants

お白洲 おしらす oshirasu
御白州 おしらす oshirasu
御白洲 おしらす oshirasu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 60817 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

白州

しらす

area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles

広州

こうしゅう

Guangzhou (China)

州

しゅう

continent

九州

きゅうしゅう

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

欧州

おうしゅう

Europe

加州

かしゅう

California (state)

大洋州

たいようしゅう

Oceania

北九州

きたきゅうしゅう

Kitakyushu (city)

五大州

ごだいしゅう

the five continents

六大州

ろくだいしゅう

the six continents

七大州

しちだいしゅう

the seven continents

関東八州

かんとうはっしゅう

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)