少しょう丁ちょう

noun

young male laborer (ritsuryō system)

Archaic historical term for men aged 17–20 who were subject to a quarter of the corvée and tax obligations of full adult males under the ritsuryō legal codes.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、少しょう丁ちょうは正せい丁ていの4分ぶんの1の課か役えきを負おった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, shōchō bore one quarter of the labor and tax obligations of full adult males.