屯とん田でん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

colonization; military-agricultural settlement

Historical term referring to the system of settling soldiers on land to both farm and defend it, especially in Hokkaido during the Meiji era. Often used in historical contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、北ほっ海かい道どうで屯とん田でん兵へい制せい度どが実じっ施しされた。

  During the Meiji era, the tondenhei (military settler) system was implemented in Hokkaido.

• 屯とん田でん兵へいは開かい拓たくと防ぼう衛えいの両りょう方ほうの役やく割わりを担になった。

  The tondenhei played roles in both cultivation and defense.