私田

Japanese
Kanji in this term
私 田
し
Grade: 6		 でん
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しでん​ [shìdéńꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕidẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

私(し)田(でん) • (shiden) 

  1. a privately-owned ricefield, especially one under the historical 律令 (Ritsuryō) system
    Antonym: 公田 (kōden)
    Hyponyms: 位田 (iden), 口分田 (kubunden), 墾田 (konden), 賜田 (shiden), 職田 (shokuden)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese
Kanji in this term
私 田
わたくし
Grade: 6		 た > だ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 私 (watakusi, “private matter”) +‎ 田 (ta, “rice paddy”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わたくし​だ [wàtákúshíꜜdà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠kɯ̟ᵝɕida̠]

Noun

私田 (watakusida) (kana わたくしだ)

  1. a privately-owned ricefield under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū, (book 7, poem 1275):
      住吉小田苅爲子賤鴨無奴雖在妹御爲私田苅
      Sumi1no2ye no2 Woda wo karasu ko1 yatuko1 ka mo naki1 yatuko1 aredo2 imo ga mi1-tame2 to2 watakusida karu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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