五公五民

Reading

Kana: ごこうごみん
Romaji: gokougomin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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 half

Note: archaism; yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ゴ、 いつ、 いつ.つ
Meaning: five
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects