noun
feudal system; feudalism
Refers to the political and economic system based on landholding and vassalage, especially in medieval Europe and Japan.
See also: 封建制度
封建制は中世ヨーロッパの基本的な社会制度だった。
The feudal system was the fundamental social system of medieval Europe.
日本の封建制は江戸時代に完成した。
Japan's feudal system was completed in the Edo period.