分ぶん益えき小こ作さく

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Meanings

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sharecropping; tenant farming

A system where a tenant farmer pays rent as a share of the harvest, rather than a fixed amount.

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Sharecropping was widely practiced during the Edo period.

分ぶん益えき小こ作さくでは、収しゅう穫かくの一いち部ぶを地じ主ぬしに納おさめる。

Under sharecropping, a portion of the harvest is paid to the landowner.