徭よう役えきじ字FuriganaMeanings1nounstatute-labor service; socagearchaichistorical termArchaic historical term referring to compulsory labor imposed by the state during the ritsuryō period in Japan. Equivalent to socage in European feudal contexts.律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、徭よう役えきとして農のう民みんが労ろう役えきを課かせられた。Under the ritsuryō system, farmers were required to perform statute-labor service.
