田

Historical term

equal-field system (of ancient China)

Historical term

allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryō system)

Historical term

paddy administered directly by a ruler

Historical term

land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryō system)

Historical term

non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)

Historical term

Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period

Historical term

taxable rice field (ritsuryō system)

Historical term

farmland allotment

Historical term

law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)

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Murata rifle (Meiji-era single-shot rifle)

Historical term

land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office

Historical term

tax-exempt rice field (ritsuryō system)

Derogatory

lowly people (Edo period); eta

field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)

rice field (usu. small)

crane (bird)

しろた only

snow-covered rice paddy

field

Rare term; Idiomatic expression

to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick

Obsolete term

Hosoda faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Historical term

rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryō system)

Historical term

allotted rice field (ritsuryō system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government