小こ作さく

noun

tenant farming

Refers to the system or practice of farming land owned by a landlord, paying rent in cash or kind. Common in historical and agricultural contexts.

• 戦せん前ぜん、多おおくの農のう民みんは小こ作さくで生せい計けいを立たてていた。

  Before the war, many farmers made a living through tenant farming.

• 小こ作さく制せい度どは地じ主ぬしと小こ作さく人にんの関かん係けいで成なり立たっていた。

  The tenant farming system was based on the relationship between landlords and tenant farmers.