exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Historical term for banishment under the ritsuryō legal system; ranked just below death penalty in severity.
See also: 五刑
Under the ritsuryō system, exile was a severe punishment second only to the death penalty.
wandering; vagrancy; nomadism
continual change; vicissitudes · transmigration; metempsychosis
banishment; exile
three banishment punishments; three degrees of exile
middle-degree banishment; banishment to a somewhat distant province
exile; banished person · vagrant; wanderer; nomad
refugees; displaced people
banishment to a nearby province; least severe banishment under ritsuryō
banishment to a distant place; the most severe exile under the ritsuryō system
transience; flux
exile; banishment
stream-enterer; stream-winner; sotāpanna
wanderer; drifter; vagabond
The kanji 流 means 'flow' or 'current', and by extension came to denote banishment or exile, as in sending someone away from the capital.