不ふ平びょう等どう条じょう約やく

noun

unequal treaty

Historical term referring to treaties imposed by Western powers on East Asian countries in the 19th century, granting extraterritoriality and tariff control.

• 日本にほんは幕ばく末まつに欧おう米べい諸しょ国こくと不ふ平びょう等どう条じょう約やくを結むすばされた。

  Japan was forced to conclude unequal treaties with Western powers at the end of the Edo period.

• 不ふ平びょう等どう条じょう約やくの改かい正せいは明めい治じ政せい府ふの重じゅう要ような外がい交こう課か題だいだった。

  Revising the unequal treaties was a major diplomatic goal of the Meiji government.