寄き生せい地じ主ぬし制せい

noun

parasitic landowner system; absentee landlord system

Historical term for the pre-WWII Japanese agricultural system where landlords lived off rents without engaging in farming themselves.

• 寄き生せい地じ主ぬし制せいは戦せん後ごの農のう地ち改かい革かくで解かい体たいされた。

  The parasitic landowner system was dismantled by the post-war land reform.