小しょう禄ろく

noun

small stipend; low salary

Historical term referring to a modest official salary or stipend, especially in the context of samurai or court officials. Not commonly used in modern everyday conversation.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、小しょう禄ろくの武ぶ士しは生せい活かつが苦くるしかった。

  In the Edo period, samurai with small stipends had a hard life.