官かん禄ろく

noun

official rank and salary; government post and stipend

Historical term referring to the combined rank and salary of a government official in pre-modern Japan.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しは官かん禄ろくによって生せい活かつしていた。

  In the Edo period, samurai lived on their official rank and stipend.

noun

government stipend; official salary

Specifically the monetary or rice stipend provided to a government official, often as part of their rank.

• 幕ばく府ふから支し給きゅうされる官かん禄ろくは、米こめで支し払はらわれることが多おおかった。

  The government stipend from the shogunate was often paid in rice.