ようろうりつりょう
Meanings
Noun
1. Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
Kanji used
support growth
elderly
regulate
orders
Composed of
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models