租そ庸よう調ちょう

noun

corvée; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for the three main tax categories under the ritsuryō system: 租 (rice tax), 庸 (corvée or substitute goods), and 調 (local products).

• 律りつ令りょう制せいのもとで、農のう民みんは租そ庸よう調ちょうの税ぜいを負ふ担たんした。

  Under the ritsuryō system, peasants bore the taxes of rice, corvée, and local products.