Definition of 五公五民 (ごこうごみん)
ごこうごみん
五公五民
ごこうごみん
gokougomin
noun
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land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half(archaism, yojijukugo)
Related Kanji
| 五 | five |
| 公 | public, prince, official, governmental |
| 民 | people, nation, subjects |