貢こう租そこうそMeanings1nounannual tax; tributeHistorical term for a yearly tax or tribute, often paid in goods or produce, especially in pre-modern Japan.江え戸ど時じ代だいには、農のう民みんが藩はんに貢こう租そを納おさめていた。In the Edo period, farmers paid an annual tax to the domain.