ホンリョウアンド
Meanings
Noun
Four character compound
1. recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
Pitch accent
ンリョウア
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Composed of
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls