賦ふ役えき

noun

compulsory labor; forced labor; corvée

Historical term for labor imposed by authorities, such as corvée or statute labor, often in pre-modern contexts. Not used for modern forced labor in a criminal sense.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、農のう民みんに賦ふ役えきが課かせられることがあった。

  In the Edo period, compulsory labor was sometimes imposed on farmers.

• この地ち域いきでは、昔むかし、賦ふ役えきとして道どう路ろの整せい備びをさせられた。

  In this region, people were made to maintain roads as forced labor in the past.