扶持米ふちまい

noun

stipend in rice

Historical term for a stipend paid in rice, typically to samurai or retainers during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、扶ふ持ち米まいは武ぶ士しの給きゅう与よの一いち部ぶだった。

  In the Edo period, the rice stipend was part of a samurai's salary.