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備荒貯蓄 (びこうちょちく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
famine-relief fund ; emergency grain reserve
A historical or institutional term for savings or grain stockpiled to prepare for famine or poor harvests. Not an everyday word; mostly encountered in historical, economic, or policy contexts.
備び 荒こう 貯ちょ 蓄ちく 制せい 度ど は 、 凶きょう 作さく に 備そな える ため の 重じゅう 要よう な 政せい 策さく だっ た 。
The famine-relief reserve system was an important policy to prepare for crop failures.
Kanji 備 equip, provision, preparation Similar words 備び 蓄ちく 備蓄 is a general term for stockpiling or reserves (food, supplies, etc.), while 備荒貯蓄 specifically refers to reserves against famine or poor harvests.
貯ちょ 蓄ちく 貯蓄 means savings or putting money aside; 備荒貯蓄 is a compound where 貯蓄 is combined with 備荒 (famine preparedness) to mean a dedicated relief fund or grain reserve.
Etymology Compound of 備荒 (びこう, 'famine preparedness') and 貯蓄 (ちょちく, 'savings, reserves'). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the term appears in pre-modern and early modern Japanese administrative and economic texts.
