personal property; movable property
Legal term for movable property, as opposed to real estate (不動産). Used in contexts such as inheritance, taxation, and civil law.
The inherited estate includes real estate and personal property.
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不動産 refers to immovable property like land and buildings, while 動産 refers to movable property such as furniture and vehicles.
Compound of 動 (movement) and 産 (property), modeled after the Western legal concept of movable property.