Search Terms: *洲*
Dictionary results(showing 25 results)
noun, noun (suffix)
1.
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. Canada), canton (e.g. Switzerland), oblast (e.g. Russia), department (e.g. ancient China)
See also:県 (けん)
2.
continent
suffix
3.
dear(archaism)(after someone's name)
Other readings:
洲【しゅう】
noun
1.
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.
Other readings:
白洲【しらす】
noun
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noun
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Other readings:
大八洲国【おおやしまのくに】
、大八島国【おおやしまぐに】
、大八島国【おおやしまのくに】
、大八嶋国【おおやしまぐに】
、大八嶋国【おおやしまのくに】
noun
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court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand(historical term)
Other readings:
お白洲【おしらす】
、御白州【おしらす】
、御白洲【おしらす】
noun
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the five continents, Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
Other readings:
五大洲【ごだいしゅう】
noun
•
stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage
See also:白洲
noun
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Other readings:
すばしり《州走》
、すばしり《洲走り》[1]
、スバシリ
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
2.
designs and objects with a wavy pattern
3.
sweet mochi cake
See also:素甘 (すあま)
Other readings:
洲浜【すあま】
、州浜【すはま】
、州浜【すあま】
noun
•
the seven continents
See also:五大州 (ごだいしゅう)
Other readings:
七大州【しちだいしゅう】
、七大洲【ななだいしゅう】
、七大洲【しちだいしゅう】
noun
•
underworld, netherworld(archaism)
Other readings:
根堅州国【ねのかたすくに】
、根の堅洲国【ねのかたすくに】
、根堅洲国【ねのかたすくに】