also: ぶえき · ぶやく
noun
compulsory labor; forced labor; corvée
Historical term for labor imposed by authorities, such as corvée or statute labor, often in pre-modern contexts. Not used for modern forced labor in a criminal sense.
江戸時代には、農民に賦役が課せられることがあった。
In the Edo period, compulsory labor was sometimes imposed on farmers.
この地域では、昔、賦役として道路の整
In this region, people were made to maintain roads as forced labor in the past.
Alternate spelling with reading ぶえき; less common than 賦役.
Rare reading ぶやく for the 夫役 spelling.
Modern term for forced labor, often used in legal or human rights contexts, whereas 賦役 is a historical term for corvée or statute labor.
Composed of 賦 (allotment, levy) and 役 (service, duty), referring to labor allocated by authorities. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used since pre-modern times to denote compulsory service.