家か禄ろく

noun

hereditary stipend

Historical term for a stipend granted by a feudal lord to a samurai family, passed down through generations. Used in contexts of Edo-period and earlier Japanese history.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しは家か禄ろくによって生せい活かつしていた。

  In the Edo period, samurai lived on their hereditary stipends.