租庸調

Reading

Kana: そようちょう

Romaji: soyouchō

Definition

noun

1

corvee; taxes in kind or service (former tax system)

Kanji

租

Reading: ソ

Meanings: tariff, crop tax, borrowing

庸

Reading: ヨウ

Meanings: commonplace, ordinary, employment

調

Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える

Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate