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])
• 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)

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])
• 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

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