封ほう建けん社しゃ会かい

noun

feudal society

A historical term referring to a social system based on land ownership and vassalage, such as in medieval Europe or Japan.

• 封ほう建けん社しゃ会かいでは、土と地ちが権けん力りょくの基き盤ばんだった。

  In feudal society, land was the foundation of power.

• 日本にほんの中ちゅう世せいは封ほう建けん社しゃ会かいだったと言いわれる。

  Medieval Japan is said to have been a feudal society.