正せい丁てい

noun

able-bodied man (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for a healthy man aged 21–60 subject to corvée and taxes under the ritsuryō system.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、正せい丁ていは税ぜいや労ろう役えきの負ふ担たん者しゃだった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, able-bodied men bore the burden of taxes and corvée.