小こ百びゃく姓しょう

noun

small farmer; peasant

Refers to a farmer with a small plot of land, often in a historical or rural context. Can carry a nuance of modest means.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、多おおくの小こ百びゃく姓しょうは年ねん貢ぐに苦くるしんだ。

  In the Edo period, many small farmers struggled under the land tax.

• 祖そ父ふは小こ百びゃく姓しょうだったが、家か族ぞくを養やしなうのに十じゅう分ぶんな作さく物もつを作つくっていた。

  My grandfather was a small farmer, but he grew enough crops to support his family.