束そく脩しゅう

noun

entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher

Historical term for a fee or gift given upon entering a school or becoming a pupil; now archaic.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、寺てら子こ屋やに入にゅう門もんする際さいには束そく脩しゅうを納おさめた。

  In the Edo period, one paid an entrance fee when enrolling in a terakoya.

noun

gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil

Specifically refers to the traditional gift of dried meat presented to a teacher or lord; very rare and historical.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、弟で子し入いりの際さいに束そく脩しゅうとして干ほし肉にくを贈おくる習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  In ancient China, there was a custom of presenting dried meat as a gift when becoming a disciple.