分ぶん益えき小こ作さく

noun

sharecropping; tenant farming

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

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには分ぶん益えき小こ作さくが広ひろく行おこなわれていた。

  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.