恩おん給きゅう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

pension (esp. public servant's)

Refers specifically to a pension paid to former public servants or their families under the old system. Often used in historical or legal contexts.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの公こう務む員いん生せい活かつの後あと、恩おん給きゅうを受うけて引退いたいした。

  After many years as a public servant, he retired on a pension.

• 恩おん給きゅう法ほうの改かい正せいについて議ぎ論ろんが行おこなわれた。

  There was a debate about the revision of the Pension Act.

noun

grant of land from a lord to a vassal

Archaic historical term for a land grant given by a feudal lord to a retainer. Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 恩地

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、主しゅ君くんが家か臣しんに恩おん給きゅうとして土と地ちを与あたえることがあった。

  In the Warring States period, lords sometimes gave land to their vassals as a grant.