闕けっ所しょ

noun

gap; hole

Rare, possibly archaic use for a physical gap or hole. Modern Japanese typically uses 隙間 or 穴.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょでは、壁かべの闕けっ所しょをふさぐようにと記しるされている。

  In old documents, it is written to block up the gaps in the wall.

noun

confiscation of property; exile and expropriation; lordless estate

Historical term from the Edo period and earlier. Sense 2: confiscation of property. Sense 3: punishment of exile and expropriation (闕所 only). Sense 4: original meaning in Kamakura/Muromachi periods for an estate without a feudal lord (闕所 only).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、重じゅう罪ざいを犯おかした武ぶ士しは闕けっ所しょに処しょせられることがあった。

  In the Edo period, samurai who committed serious crimes could be sentenced to confiscation of property.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの闕けっ所しょは、領りょう主しゅのいない所しょ領りょうを指さした。

  In the Kamakura period, 闕所 referred to an estate without a feudal lord.