Words — 104 found
しこうろくみん
四公六民
1. land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%Archaic
1. shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept
1. box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept
びちくまい
備蓄米
1. stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
ごこうごみん
五公五民
1. land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other halfHistorical term
ろくこうよんみん
六公四民
1. land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
こいごろも
恋衣
1. garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothingPoetical term
さじき
つんぼ桟敷
1. being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loopSensitive
2. upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seatArchaic
聾桟敷 【つんぼさじき】
1. (kept) overnight
しちこうさんみん
七公三民
1. land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percentHistorical term
1. electrode