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力代

Readings

Kana: よう、ちからしろ
Romaji: you, chikarashiro
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Definition

1

tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period)

See also: 力役

Kanji

Reading: ヨウ
Meanings: commonplace, ordinary, employment
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Example Sentences

何事(なにごと)にも中庸(ちゅうよう)
➥Moderation in all things.
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都会(とかい)田舎(いなか)生活(せいかつ)中庸(ちゅうよう)()つけるのは(むずか)しい。
➥It is difficult to find a happy medium between city and countryside.
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(かれ)中庸(ちゅうよう)心得(こころえ)たじんぶつである。
➥He is man of moderate views.
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